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Artist:
CHEVEU
Title:
Cheveu
Label:
BORN BAD RECORDS (FRANCE)
Format:
LP
Price:
$19.50
Catalog #:
BORNBAD 010LP
2008 release. After two 7"s applauded by the blogosphere, and after receiving praise from renowned underground critics like
Jay Hinman
,
Doug Mosurak
and
Byron Coley
, Cheveu is invited to the big convention of garage rock in Memphis, Gonerfest in 2006, headlining the party with the likes of
Jay Reatard
,
Jack Oblivian
and
Viva L'american Death Ray
.
Kevin
from
Pink Reason
says he's seen one of the best shows of his life. They embark on a West Coast tour set up by
DJ Rick
(
Expé Honzo
) with
Tyvek
and play with
A Frames
,
The Intelligence
and
Eat Skulls
(S-S Records released a Cheveu/Tyvek 7" split for the tour). Then, trying to pull together three years of home-recorded tracks, Cheveu releases its first LP in March 2008. Cheveu has been called the harbingers of the current shit/pop/gaze movement that includes such different bands as Tyvek, Pink Reason,
Times New Viking
and
TV Ghost
. They have also been tagged "glue wave," (a French rock movement) "weird-punk," "art-damaged pop," and also "shit-gaze." Some see that they've contributed a lot to the movement from a more classic garage sound to a more free/experimental and noise music in the U.S., managing to produce noise without fucking up amps or guitars. All songs have been home-recorded using superimposed live/not live takes, creating a kind of real/old/current feeling. Some see a
Metal Urbain
/
Wire
/
The Fall
influence.
Artist:
CHEVEU
Title:
1000
Label:
BORN BAD RECORDS (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$15.50
Catalog #:
BORNBAD 032CD
2010 release.
Cheveu
, a Parisian trio, starts during an especially warm and boring summer in the mid-'00s around a cheap Casio, a broken mic and a wooden guitar. Their will is to make loud rock with these. In 2006, they released their first 7" on S-S Records then cross the ocean to play at the Gonerfest in Memphis with the likes of
Jay Reatard
and
Jack Oblivian
in the middle of their first U.S. tour (3 more will follow) after only a handful of shows in France. The French trio plays with
Pink Reason
, The Intelligence,
Times New Viking
,
Animal Collective
,
King Khan
and tours in 2007 and 2009 with
Tyvek
and
The Black Lips
. More 7"s followed on U.S. and European labels (S-S, Rob's House, Permanent Records) and Cheveu released its first LP in 2008 on Born Bad Records/Pias in Europe and S-S Records in the U.S. which leads to great reviews. Their sound is linked with
Country Teasers
or
The Intelligence
, because of their post-punk, noisy pop sound, their use of drum machines, with maybe the addition of a psychedelic approach. Kind of noisy-minimalist on record, Cheveu maximize their sound on stage, dilating and reinforcing their songs.
Artist:
CHEVEU
Title:
Cheveau
Label:
PERMANENT RECORDS
Format:
LP
Price:
$15.00
Catalog #:
PERM 007LP
"Metz, France seems to be teeming with great bands these days. Anals, Feeling of Love, Dreams, and A.H. Kraken are just the tip of this incredibly huge Metz iceberg. Many of these bands share members, but they all have their very own sound. Cheveu's sound is similar to the aforementioned bands in their abrasive, weird punk base, but this group more is obliviously influenced by the Fall than any of their peers. Their debut LP on S-S sold very well and is currently out-of-print. Here's another LP full of previously unreleased tracks of weird punk greatness."
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