After the successful release of their second album “The House That Dirt Built” in September on Counter Records, which saw them complete their 3rd North American tour, invited to a Jonathan Ross + Mark Lamarr session and heard sound-tracking this seasons Champions League and FA Cup football television coverage, The Heavy are to embark on a European Tour in support of their new single “No Time”, which is to be released on the 23rd November.
For those not in the know, Noid based The Heavy lay down music that constantly lives on the edge of hair-on-fire, arms flailing madness, anchored by beats steady as a 10-ton anvil. It’s so dirty, it has so much weight and energy whilst laced with a soul that you just don’t hear anymore. Like Little Richard possessed by the devil and turned up to 11 whilst channeling the ghost of Screamin’ Jay Hawkins with the gritty bottom-end of Wu Tang alongside a wall-of-sound guitar wailing and raw blues-soul. Its utterly addictive and they are clearly one of the most exciting bands to see live right now.
The Dates are as follows…
Wed – 11/11/09 Antwerp Trix
Thu – 12/11/09 Offenbach Hafen 2
Fri – 13/11/09 Cologne Gebäude 9
Sat – 14/11/09 Hamburg Molotow
Sun – 15/11/09 Berlin Lido
Tue – 17/11/09 Leipzig McCormacks Ballroom
Wed – 18/11/09 Stuttgart Schocken
Thu – 19/11/09 Vienna WUK
Fri – 20/11/09 Munich Registratur
Sat – 21/11/09 Heidelberg Karlstorbahnhof
Sun – 22/11/09 Nijmegen Merleyn
Thu – 26/11/09 London The Garage £6 7-11
Fri – 27/11/09 Birmingham Rainbow Bar £5.50 7-11
Sat – 28/11/09 Edinburgh The Jazz Bar £3 – 11 till late
Sun – 29/11/09 Bristol O2 Academy Supporting Alice Russell £14.25 7-11
Thu – 03/12/0 Zurich Rote Fabrik
Fri – 04/12/09 Bern Dachstock
Sat – 05/12/09 St Gallen Palace
The Heavy are
Vocals: Swaby
Guitar: Dan “T” Taylor
Bass: Spencer “Big Daddy Spence” Page
Drums: Chris Ellul
“Incredible.” Q
“Imagine if you could be in all your favourite bands at once. The Heavy already are.” BBC
“They deserve smashing out of genre ghettos into the mainstream.” Teletext
“The Heavy have got a very clever knack of making something sound familiar, but at the same time sound fresh and exciting, they should be festival headliners.” Update
“The band kick out the jams with a terrific, menacing and dirty mix of Funkadelic, James Brown and maxi-fuzzed psychedelic garage” Time Out
“The Heavy are toiling to deliver the weightiness their name suggests, the comeback LP thunders and prickles with all manner of epic themes.” Notion
“Breathing sweaty life into garage-punk, ska, voodoo funk, swamp rock, dub, blues and classic r&B/soul, theyve wrangled a raw bad-assed beauty here.” Uncut
“One of the UK’s most exciting groups at the moment.” iDJ
“A powerhouse that begs and borrows from a multitude of genre without ever straying into patische… Authentically, dirty, nasty and down right FONKY!” Clash
“The right balance between old school raw, blues charm and contemporary studio polish.” DJ
“You’d think it would be hard to credibly reinvent blaxplotation-era soul but The Heavy pull it off explosively well.” NME
“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
“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
“Dirty soul and raw rock cocktail that keeps the blood pumping. The excitement is unmistakable.” Daily Mirror
“An ambitious slice of modern soul brimming with ideas and emotion.” The National Student
“A kick-ass sound, one which you can imagine rocking a festival tent to its foundations.” Mojo
“As soon as the needle hits the record anyone with a pulse will want to punch the air with joy.” Swell
“Like the bastard offspring of Gnarls Barkley and Primal Scream. Each track is a stand up smile puller.” The Skinny
They have produced something huge, that stomps furiously, recklessly, but altogether addictively.” Music OMH
“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
“You won’t want to miss out on this treat of an album.” IndieLondon.co.uk
‘Surely one of the best kept secrets you’ll hear this year.” Contact
“They are the real deal. You can call off the search for the young soul rebels, we might just have found them.” The Music Fix
“The whole album is a wonder of balance and leads thoughtfully through its entirety, stopping off on occasions for krunk and melody alike. Good advice would be to purchase this record and learn a little something about diversity from these boys..” Bearded