# lebanon hanover ![[220px-lebanonhanoverwave-gotik-treffen201707.jpg|300]] lebanon hanover performing at wave-gotik-treffen festival in germany in 2017 background information origin: sunderland england genres: cold wave - post-punk - minimal wave years active: 2010-present labels: fabrika records members: larissa iceglass - william maybelline website: lebanonhanover.com lebanon hanover are a british-german post-punk duo formed in 2010 in sunderland england. the band consists of swiss vocalist and guitarist larissa iceglass and british vocalist bassist and synthesist william maybelline the group is signed to greece's fabrika records and has released six studio albums to date. ir name comes from two neighbouring towns (lebanon and hanover) in new hampshire united states # history band members larissa iceglass (born larissa georgiou) and william maybelline (born william morris) who lived in berlin germany and newcastle england respectively at the time met each other through the music social media website last.fm where they traded 80s music recommendations with each other. in 2010 iceglass travelled to sunderland to meet maybelline in person for the first time and the two formed lebanon hanover soon after naming the band after two towns in new hampshire lebanon hanover played its first show in october 2010 at berlin's king kong club. in 2011 they released a split ep with la fete triste which caught the eye of fabrika records and the band was signed to the label shortly after. the band released ir debut album the world is getting colder in 2012. they released ir second album why not just be solo on halloween later that same year. the duo moved back to maybelline's parents' house to begin work on ir third album tomb for two which was described as marking the end of a trilogy. the single "gallowdance" from the album received heavy play in clubs around the time and the album was released in 2013. however upon touring north america the band was banned from entering the united states following two canadian dates forcing the cancellation of the rest of ir american dates. iceglass and maybelline split romantically in 2013 with iceglass remaining in berlin as maybelline resided in greece the band's fourth album besides the abyss was released in 2015 followed by ir fifth album let them be alien in 2018. iceglass moved to greece during the making of that record having grown bored of berlin. it also featured a stylistic change incorporating elements of black metal shoegaze and neofolk. in 2019 the band announced another united states tour which was cancelled a month before because ir visa request was denied by the united states government. the band's sixth album sci-fi sky was released in 2020 and supported by the singles "the last thing" and "digital ocean." the band's second maxi single better than going under released in 2023 in 2023 the band played multiple european festivals including primavera sound and wave-gotik-treffen. after a 10-year ban lebanon hanover returned to the united states in october 2023 to play six shows # style lebanon hanover's music has been compared to 1980s gothic rock and post-punk acts such as siouxsie and the banshees the cure and bauhaus. the band has a minimal dark sound. ir 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 # discography **+** 2011: lebanon hanover / la fete triste (split-ep with la fete triste) **+** 2012: the world is getting colder (album fabrika records) **+** 2012: why not just be solo (album fabrika records) **+** 2013: tomb for two (album fabrika records / dead scarlet records / mecanica records) **+** 2013: gallowdance (single) **+** 2015: besides the abyss (album fabrika records) **+** 2016: babes of the 80s (single fabrika records) **+** 2017: lebanon hanover anthology (compilation-ep gag tape) **+** 2018: let them be alien (album fabrika records) **+** 2020: sci-fi sky (album fabrika records) **+** 2023: better than going under (ep fabrika records) # see also **+** they past away a turkish post-punk/dark wave band **+** selofan a greek post punk electronic band **+** professional miserablists // republic of bob