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New single 'Hermes Pan' out now on Sturdy Records - get it here!

Following last year's headlining slot at Leeds and Reading Festivals’ BBC Introducing Stage and sold-out self released double A ‘The Average White Boy’/’Round and Round’, our new single Hermes Pan will be out on 7" vinyl (with free download included) and iTunes on Monday 13th July 2009. Head over to the Loqui website here to pre-order the single and your copy will be winging its way towards you as soon as they're in stock.

Variously described as anything from a Pumped-Up Polyphonic Spree to a Punked-out Meatloaf... no wait, COME BACK! Destined to divide opinion from the obsessed to repelled, Leeds-based theatrical odd-balls Loqui are in possession of a unique sound and stage show that has been enthusing and bemusing in equal measure.

Loqui have built a reputation on an uproarious live show that encompasses genres as diverse as rock, punk, pop and a myriad of alternative styles as well as the licensed usage of the potentially lethal controlled substances ska, funk and hip-hop. (Certification available on request).

Press Stuff

“This single is a triumphant blast of confidence in impossibly grand (and intelligent) pop music. It's an exhilarating listen and it's madly danceable. I can’t think of anything even remotely like this in contemporary repertoires.” – Sam Saunders, Whispern’ & Hollerin’

“You will be blown away by The Average White Boy. Spasmodic Popjazzpunk with speedy bass lines and a frenetic vocal with impeding presence. This is a headlong search for the most intense pop song in history. Delightful anarchy… They couldn’t have chosen a better way to introduce themselves to the world” – Indiepop.it

"It's unashamedly pop music, but it's something else as well. Trombones and saxophones parp up all over the place, and female backing choir provide a bit of West End-pizzaz. Meanwhile band leader Rob Paul Chapman sings and shouts like a maddened former punk trying to keep up with the noise around him. It's joyous." - Tom Goodhand, Leeds Guide

“Anything but average… This record is a remarkable achievement… many bands would do well to take heed of this” – Stephen Vigors, Vibrations Magazine

“A mix of Motown and classic Rhythm & Blues dragged into the contemporary scene. Refreshing and highly entertaining, Loqui are what music should be all about.” – Jim Ody, Room Thirteen

“With the energy & passion of prime Nick Lowe, Loqui create one hell of an addictive racket!!!” – Jeremy Chick, Subba Cultcha

“Like a jazz show tune going head-to-head with an 80s radio jingle - a battle of trombones, saxes, bass-led drums and percussion. Loqui do an undeniably good line in musical theatrics. A proud exclamation, rather than a depressing realisation - delivered with an on-the-edge-of-sanity vibe. This is a messed up, jazz-tastic fairytale of a song…. where everyone lives happily ever after”. – Is This Music?

“God Bless Loqui, and all who play with them for this band is BRILLIANT. They have it all – charisma, talent and break neck songs that grab at your attention and kick you up the arse.” – Hannah Crank, The Music Guru

“Stonking bass-led drums, brass that was more than Less Than Jake and healthily heaped teaspoons of personality make this stirring stuff; the icing on the cake that only the aurally anorexic could fail to tuck into.” – Alix Fox, Sandman Magazine

“Imagine a ska version of The Levellers speeded up from 45 to 78 rpm and you’ll pretty much get Loqui. It’s pretty decent.” – Manchester Music

“Wins hearts and minds within the space of the opening few bars… a verbal description can’t really do them justice. Watch these guys, relentlessly, ‘cos they may well continue being truly brilliant, and if they do, it’ll be too good to miss” – Ivan Mack, The Music Guru

“Loqui are a bit mental, but they gel together to somehow make something ace and almost indescribable” – Holden de Forge, Leeds Music Scene

Member Since:

March 25, 2006

Members:

Rob Paul Chapman - Vocals, Trombone, Keyboards, Songs, Ego.
Stu "Staypuff" Hudson - Guitars, Vocals, Mass.
Tash Koczy - Saxes, Vocals, Charm.
Sarah Niven - Vocals, Fags, Dryness.
Lee Boyes - Bass, Guitar, Vocals, Goats.
Dan McGlade - Bass, Guitar, Theremin, Things that go Weeeeeeeyyooooooowwwwwweeeeeeeeeee.
Rich Laws - Drums, Percussion, Youthfulness, Foot, Mouth.

Influences:

Loqui is a sum of its parts.

Its parts regularly enjoy (and routinely steal from) the following:

RPC: Cardiacs, B-52s, The Rev Horton Heat, Motown, Phil Spector, Scaramanga Six, Randy Newman, Carter USM, Soul Coughing, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Hip-Hop, Eels, Polyphonic Spree, Mike Doughty, The Tubes, Sparks, Rufus Wainwright, Sidi Bou Said, Stevie Wonder, Matisyahu, The Rude Staircase, Camile, The Butterfly.

Staypuff: Pink Floyd, Curtis Eller, Primus, Chrome Hoof, Ben Folds, Subcircus, Soul Coughing, Cake, widdly-widdly guitar music. Stu also has an obsession for (and collects) cover versions

Tash: Bjork, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Jazz, Stevie Wonder, her other band Gallo

Sarah: B-52s, Scaramanga Six, vocals that involve BELTING IT OUT!

Dan: Vintage and obscure pop, 80s stuff, his other project Rent, Trevor Horn, the music to Buffy, prog.

Lee: Lee only listens to classical music and Led Zep

Rich: The usual stuff that drummers like, that they enjoy playing and no one enjoys listening to!

Sounds Like:

...the songs on the right. Except with more vocals. Mmmm... vocals...

Record Label:

Sturdy Records