Biography
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Founded In
Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa, United States
There are two bands named The Ills:
1) The Ills are Martin Krajčír (guitar), Ľuboš Hodás (drums), Peter Berák (bass) and Miro Luky (guitar). Starting back in 2008 as more of a bedroom project than a regular band, The Ills quickly found the missing spot in Slovak independent scene.
The Ills are being put into a post-rock box, however it is also shoegaze and elements of math-rock or prog-rock that can be heard in their songs. They are definitely most characterized by their live performances where their musical skills, intense atmosphere combined with intimate parts meet with punk attitude and almost hardcore drive.
With two guitars, bass, drums and no vocals The Ills have played at various places from small pubs and cellars through art galleries and clubs to bigger stages at festivals such as Pohoda, Waves Bratislava, Wilsonic, Creepy Teepee or Rock For People.
They are now one of the most active live bands in Slovakia and over the years have played in Denmark, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Hungary, Poland, Croatia, Serbia, Macedonia, Czech Republic. In March 2016 they toured with Japanese band Tricot and have also shared stages with the likes of And So I Watch You From Afar, God Is An Astronaut, Russian Circles, Rosetta and many others.
The Ills have so far released 4 LPs & 2 EPs. After the debut album To Wish Impossible Things (2010) and critically acclaimed Splendor (2012) and Zoya (2014), the band released their fourth album Ornamental Or Mental on April 20, 2016.
2) The Ills from Norman, Oklahoma.
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