Lebanon Hanover
Lebanon Hanover are a British-German dark wave duo formed in 2010 by Swiss Larissa Iceglass from Germany and William Maybelline from Britain. The debut album "La Fete Triste" was released in 2011. The duo first gained attention with their 2012 album, "The World Is Getting Colder", via Fabrika Records. British music magazine "Terrorizer" named Lebanon Hanover "the best British band you didn't know existed." The band's name, Lebanon Hanover, apparently comes from two neighbouring towns (Lebanon and Hanover) in New Hampshire, United States. Style. Lebanon Hanover's music has been compared to 1980s Gothic rock /post-punk acts such as Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Cure and Bauhaus. The band has a minimal, dark sound. Their songs have a signature light synth sound, deep bass and melancholic lyrics. William Maybelline is responsible for the rhythm, synthesizer and bass, which add to the music like an ordered frame, while contributing with more chaotic fragments. As a common conceptual idea, it simply describes simple production, which is based on the desire to generate an organic sound as possible.