The Heavy raise the bar yet further up the garage-band madness of "Oh No! Not You Again!" with pure vintage voodoo soul . "Sixteen" asks the question: how much can you learn in sixteen years? The answer is, a hell of a lot, but none of it good. The story of a girl who wants to grow up too fast, taking in dancing with the devil, nightclubbing, drinking and piping on the magic whistle. And trust me when you hear the album "The House That Dirt Built" and lead single "How You Like Me Now" to be mailed in the near future you'll see The Heavy mean serious business!
Produced by Jim Abbiss (best known for his work with the Arctic Monkeys, Adele and Kasabian), "Sixteen" sees Swaby offering up a soaring soul vocal over a beat that swoops and bumps along just right. Over on the B side, exclusive track "No Time" is raw and swampy one minute, all breaks and brass riffs the next.
All in all, another spine-tingling package from one of the most exciting bands in the UK just now, "Sixteen" is taken from The Heavy's forthcoming second album, "The House That Dirt Built" due on 21st September. With a growing rep in the States, festival dates lined up for the summer and a huge tour to support the album this autumn, the Heavy just may have been spending a little quality time with the Lord of Darkness themselves.
Just watch out for the Jordan XIs...
THE HEAVY - SIXTEEN - SINGLE OUT on COUNTER RECORDS - 13th JULY
North American Tour to commence 26th June. Secret Garden + End Of The Road Festivals also confirmed. Full dates @ THEHEAVY on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads
Press for debut album "Great Vengeance and Furious Fire"
Produced by Jim Abbiss (best known for his work with the Arctic Monkeys, Adele and Kasabian), "Sixteen" sees Swaby offering up a soaring soul vocal over a beat that swoops and bumps along just right. Over on the B side, exclusive track "No Time" is raw and swampy one minute, all breaks and brass riffs the next.
All in all, another spine-tingling package from one of the most exciting bands in the UK just now, "Sixteen" is taken from The Heavy's forthcoming second album, "The House That Dirt Built" due on 21st September. With a growing rep in the States, festival dates lined up for the summer and a huge tour to support the album this autumn, the Heavy just may have been spending a little quality time with the Lord of Darkness themselves.
Just watch out for the Jordan XIs...
THE HEAVY - SIXTEEN - SINGLE OUT on COUNTER RECORDS - 13th JULY
North American Tour to commence 26th June. Secret Garden + End Of The Road Festivals also confirmed. Full dates @ THEHEAVY on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads
Press for debut album "Great Vengeance and Furious Fire"
"You'd think it would be hard to credibly reinvent blaxplotation-era soul but The Heavy pull it off explosively well. Just listen to 'Colleen' and try not to fantasise about Pam Grier fighting off her pimp with a broken bottle." NME
"Might actually be the debut album of the year." Uncut
"One of the coolest sounding records this year. Highly recommended" Zoo Album of the Week
"They skank it, they kill, they give you the horn; the impact is immediate and self evident. The Heavy sound like Curtis Mayfield's Pusherman resurrecting Led Zeppelin and the exiled spirit of Cassius Clay. Get used to the weight, The Heavy are about to throw it down." The Fly Live Review
"There must be another way to say "brilliant", but there isn't. It's a good word, so use it up, wear it out. Brilliant is what it is. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant." Guardian Band of the Day
"It stings like a snowball packed with grit" Time Out
"Dirty soul and raw rock cocktail that keeps the blood pumping. The excitement is unmistakable." Daily Mirror
"Hip Hop production skills and some great songs. Fuses Prince, The Rolling Stones and 60's Garage... Heavy's dirty eclecticism wins the day." Q
"Easily one of this years most exciting debut's." City AM
"Their quivering, dirty basslines have the power to transport you to a dark, sweat-drenched club where the floor vibrates beneath you and deep, sou-filled melodies, reverb-fuelled electric guitars and throbbing drums have you moving your body in ways you wouldn't show your mum. Will have you craving a naughty fumble." Metro, Band of the Day
"A kick-ass sound, one which you can imagine rocking a festival tent to its foundations." Mojo
"Incredible Listening." Clash
"Unless you've ever imagined the sound of Wolfmother fronted by Curtis Mayfield and backed by the funk brothers and DJ Shadow, you will hear sounds here that you've never heard. And you will be pleased." Music Week tipster by Martin Kahl (The Fly)
"The best thing about it is it sounds like nothing else around." iDJ
"An ambitious slice of modern soul brimming with ideas and emotion." The National Student
"The Heavy have made one of the albums of the year." DMC UPDATE
"Like the bastard offspring of Gnarls Barkley and Primal Scream. Each track is a stand up smile puller." The Skinny
"The Heavy have done a rare thing- producing a piece of work which honours its influences but still sounds contemporary and tantalising. It's big, brash, and downright brilliant. " This is Fake DIY Website
"An infectiously sleazy collection of rock 'n' soul stompers."Contact Music Website
"The type of album that sexploitation films were made for. " Maxim Website
"Exploding on contact; the stunning debut album is hook-laden throughout , playful with its genre mashing and a joy to listen to from start to finish." Subba-Cultcha Website
"One of the albums of the year... It's a breathless mix of funk, soul, dirty blues and kick-ass vocals that uplifts the soul and just makes you feel good about listening to music." Indie London Website
"The Heavy sound like that monster that The Automatic were banging on about. They have produced something huge, that stomps furiously, recklessly, but altogether addictively." Music OMH Website
"A pimp rolling collision of ghetto-funk horns, Philly soul and Curtis Mayfield-style falsetto vocals, The Heavy sound like they belong on the soundtrack to a long lost Blaxploitation movie. " Q Magazine's website
"A superb collision of heavy rock and sweet soul music ... It's the kind of jam you can imagine hearing at Woodstock- something for the soul boys and hippies alike. " Yahoo's Music Website
