New single 'Runaway Pram' out via download OUT NOW in English, German, Russian!
Debut album BLUEBEARD'S ROOMS OUT NOW!
First two singles available on download/7" vinyl
See the videos for David Cronenberg's Wife's 2 singles - to the side via youtube- or click 'Videos', underneath main pic top left, or main window.
‘**** 1/2: For sheer scope and lyrical intensity, David Cronenberg’s Wife have made one of the best albums of the year.’ (The Fly)
'Exactly what the music world needs… An actual modern masterpiece’ (Room Thirteen)
'**** If Nick Cave just isn’t unpleasant enough for you these days, this will be a record to treasure.' (Time Out London, Aug 20, 2008)
'Bleak outsider anthems.... Chances are [Mrs Cronenberg] calls herself a fan'
(the london paper, Aug 11, 2008)
‘Not many albums this strong being made in this decade so if you trust me, you may well be rewarded!’ (Norman Records)
'Oh me, oh my, Tom Mayne has really excelled himself with the new album... noir ambience all the way through, very consistent’ (Tom Robinson, BBC 6Music)
'Where genius meets idiocy' (Mark Lamarr, BBC Radio 2)
'87%.. There’s an amazing nostalgic feel to this album, a throwback to 50s rock and roll, 60s psychedelic and the swagger and cockiness of the 70s... creepy, weird, and brilliant' (Line of Best Fit)
'The album is wonderful...' (Marc Riley)
'Sarcastic, sardonic and articulate… I can guarantee once you’ve heard this, it will stay in your head all day.' (Music Week)
'Even on first listen i'm totally digging this 7" by David Cronenberg's Wife. It's a cyclic, twangy piece of wax called 'My Best Friend's Going Out With A Girl I Like' which recalls The Flaming Stars, Bailter Space & maybe old London bands like Breed. There's a bit of a Velvets/Spacemen 3 feel to the atmospherics, the lyrics are a monotonous, geeky, drawled & wistful moan and utterly delightful in their excecution. The music just drills into your head like the best Quickspace tunes used to do, with that relentless repetitive drive, cool & loose, hypnotic & sinister....but going back to those lyrics....they're bleakly hilarious. I can't figure whether the protaganist is a total psychopath or just a lovelorn sweetie but Daniel Clowes could write a short comic strip for this addictive offering on Blang. A hearty treat of motorik surf-psych genius!' (Norman Records)
'What’s immediately impressive about David Cronenberg’s Wife is their honesty. Lyrics like those above float all the way through this magnificently-titled single, which musically sounds like Lou Reed hupping darkly over The Buzzcocks’ most famous song while Dan Treacy sits alarmed in the corner, wondering why on earth he didn’t write songs as good as this for the last two TV Personalities records.' (Drowned in Sound)
'['My Best Friend' is] mesmerising with its repetition and simplicity…' (subba-culture)
'a particularly skilled troupe of high wire artistes walking the proverbially thin line between irony & self-loathing. Investigate at will. You won’t be anything less than intrigued!' (trakmarx review of 'I Couldn't Get Off')
David Cronenberg's Wife sound like a mid-Eighties independent band -- sarcastic, sardonic and articulate, with dark gothic undertones, a little bit of shambling, some David Lynch surf guitar... the focus is on the songwriting' (Everett True, Plan B, September 07)
'I Do Know You Love Me' [is] thrilling for its freshness, its full-on musical self-confidence and some brilliantly witty lyrics - in which the wit came from expressing dangerously honest thoughts rather than from any desire to be amusing...' (Michael Gray, author of The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia)
'Dark and twisted as the name suggests' (London Metro. May 5, 2006)
'Tom Mayne is a stunning lyricist who peels back the skin of humanity to reveal its pustulating bleeding sores while leaving piss stains on your trousers with his sardonic wit. The observational skills of a novelist. The lo-fi 2 chord soul of rock nroll.' (Sgt Buzfuz)
'These guys are great. They're not ripping anyone off.' (Sky Saxon of The Seeds)
'Bands with rubbish names and our utterly unfounded guess at what they sound like: David Cronenberg's Wife- this Norwich band are newcomers on the East Anglian goth scene? Perhaps.' (NME)
'The world's best seven-fingered songwriter'. (Bobbo, DCW fan)
Cheers for playing on Friday guys was such a great gig! Loads of people told me how good they thought you guys were too! Sure have you down again sometime soon xx Anthony
Paul Hawkins & Thee Awkward Silences - 'We Are Not Other People'. ALBUM OUT NOW. Available from www. jezusfactory. com and all good record shops.
“Paul Hawkins sounds like no one. someone doing something truly on their own and making the rules up as they go along.” - Artrocker
“Laden with Pure Charisma” – NME
“If indie music is plagued with soulless rats then Hawkins is the new pied piper” – Moderate Rock
“It seems to be customary to compare Hawkins to Nick Cave and Tom Waits. This does him a huge disservice; he’s a considerably more marginal and interesting figure than these decidedly mainstream oddballs” – Drunken Werewolf Magazine
“Rapidly becoming the greatest artist of 2008” – Bearded Magazine
“I haven’t been able to get Paul Hawkins out of my head for the last 4 days” – Huw Stephens, Radio 1
Music and Dance comes from inside... dear David Cronenberg's Wife... love is by far a very good instrument... sharing your dreams with friends is a good lyrics
9th September. Trousseaux bring their electro rock machine to the Rhythm Factory in London. ETA 8pm. Give the man in black three shiny Ducats and he’ll let you in. You’ll be happy! Too busy people will win our love and respect by please voting for us on http://www. absolutebrighton. tv/absolute-live-voting-page. html It takes five seconds. We timed it :) You can vote once everyday!
Sir Tom!, the tracks on from your new record are spectacular, scary , and elegant my friend! Gorgeous production as well! You'll have a great time with Stanley Brinks and the Wave Pictures,-Dave is the nicest guy-we stayed with his parents a few days, and it was easy to see how he got so cool and nice! i'll be around sometime this fall or winter,not sure yet, definitely Germany and Holland, see what happens -hope our paths cross! All the best to you and your sic (that means really wicked) band! p.s. when r u going to give us the raw live versions here in the Rotton Apple?
Probably. I'll ask. He's sleeping currently. By the way did you know you're in Bizarre magazine this month? I have never been so envious. All drinks gratefully received...
