The Heavy
A co-ed quintet from the outskirts of Bath, England, the Heavy draw influence from funk, soul, blaxploitation film soundtracks, and the gritty garage rock of the Sonics. Guitarist Dan Taylor and vocalist Kelvin Swaby became friends in the 1990s, bonding over a shared appreciation for vintage R&B and Jim Jarmusch films. Joined by bassist Spencer Page, drummer Chris Ellul, and keyboardist Hannah Collins, the two launched their own act -- the Heavy -- and began combining Taylor's distorted guitars with lo-fi samples, horns riffs, stomping percussion, an...[more]
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The Heavy are back and this time it's in the form of their brilliant second album, The House That Dirt Built. Hitting like the garage-punk monster that is is, Shingae Shoniwa of The Noisettes offers up the backing box on a tune which sounds like Little Richard possessed by the devil and turned up to 11. Main single "How You Like Me Now"is pure vodoo-funk. "Sixteen" channels the ghost of Screamin' Jay into a tawdry tale of Satan and his young bride. "Short Change Hero" is an epic Spaghetti Western lov [ read more ]
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The Heavy's dirty, guitar-scorched hip hop soul will lead you into temptation. Hailing from a town in the English countryside called Bath, which they describe as "the graveyard of all ambition," The Heavy make everything wrong sound right. At the core are Swaby and Taylor, who have known each other for a decade. When they met, the two bonded over vintage rhythm and blues and the films of Jim Jarmusch. They soon recruited Ellul (drums) and Page (bass) and began gigging as a four-piece; most recently Hannah C [ read more ]
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