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Navvy
New Wave / Punk / Garage

i like it! you like it! we like it!



Sheffield
United Kingdom

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Last Login:  7/13/2009
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Member Since9/5/2005
Band Members4
InfluencesThe Fall, Fire Engines, Swell Maps, Talking Heads, Pere Ubu, Richard Hell, Wire, Clinic, Pavement, Essential Logic, Kleenex, The Raincoats, The Slits, PIL, Texas Pete, The Breeders, Alex Chilton, Deerhunter, Go-betweens, Pulp
Sounds LikeNavvy : A tightly meshed concoction of galloping drum machine, twangy cow-punk guitars & yelped sloganeering that recalls Devo, Pylon, Bogshed, Bis & early Fall whilst retaining a unique contemporary bounce and a rigid tunefulness.The M/F vocals have a euphoric call & response feel, underlaid with a tight, poppy bass and lots of whirring toytown keyboards, each tune has an incredibly strong identity and overall it's a very adrenalised recording, brassy & punchy with a stripped-down post-punk attitude. (thanks Norman Records, we couldn't have put it better ourselves)

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Buy our CD plus a limited edition Navvy bag for just £10 here!

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Radar article and gig review NME-25/03/09

Review on Norman Records Website

Plan B Review

losingtoday.com review

"The sound of experimentalism in 1978 being replayed in 200[8] - Hypnotic stuff" - MANCHESTER MUSIC.

This is joyously 'new-wave' and genuinely does sound as though it could have been recorded at any time from 1980 to the present day, although the latter's preoccupation with robots and boy / girl shout vocals (think Bis, Los Campesinos! and Johnny Foreigner) do give a clue. The decision to package these four songs as one EP and not to single one out is to be commended, mainly because choosing between them would be a difficult yet hugely pleasurable task - each track being the perfect emodiment of 150 second, rhythm-driven punk pop. Culture deluxe

"A pointed, growling take on indie-pop" - SANDMAN.

"If Nikki Sudden (RIP) and Mark E Smith had covered Pere Ubu's The Modern Dance in the style of Franz Ferdinand following a particularly heavy drinking session, it would have sounded something like Navvy" THE DEVIL HAS THE BEST TUNA.

"They sound like The Yummy Fur...Trivial, tuneful, percussive pop noise" - DROWNED IN SOUND.

'never have we listened to a debut EP and been so equally impressed by every track: whether it’s the wonderful art-pop urgency of ’Sticker’ or the devil-may-care call-and-response chorus of ’Letters’, it’s what we’d call ’mindblowing’ were it not for the fact they seem so polite about it. This is fake DIY review

Record LabelARC
Type of LabelIndie


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jul 25 2009 8:00P
Bristol - Mother’s Ruin Bristol
Jul 26 2009 6:00P
The Square Festival Borth Wales Borth

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   About Navvy
We are a skew-whiff, percussion heavy, garage-punk combo.

Claire plays synth, percussion and sings/shouts, Matt plays the guitar, Marie drums and shouts, and Keith plays bass and sings/yelps.

NME review 18/03/09

Click here to pre-order our album from the ARC website, a bonus track called 'Pockets' is only available when you download the album from this shop

Or download from 7digital by clicking here for 1 week after the release date - March 16 - Idyll Intangible download is available for £5!

.. .. .. .. ....Our new single 'Disco' is now available including 'Time' and a remix of My New Building!

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CLICK HERE TO BUY ON THE ARC WEBSITE!.

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OR HERE FOR ITUNES!Navvy - Disco - EP ..NME review!

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Very limited copies of our EP are still available!

Navvy

or download it here Navvy Navvy EP


CLICK HERE

.... Please forward any booking enquiries to bookings@selectbookingagency.co.uk....


   Navvy's Friend Space (Top 12)
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 WETDOG 


 The Hipshakes 


 SLOW DOWN TALLAHASSEE 


 The Yell 


 The Ha Ha Show 


 d'Astro 


 The Lodger - NEW EP OUT NOW! 


 pifco 


 Clinic 


 Miley 


 The Long Blondes 





Navvy's Friends Comments
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Good Form Club





Jun 22 2009 9:01 AM

Loud And Quiet





Jun 15 2009 5:30 PM

See Navvy playing 'Navvy' on our new TV page at http://loudandquiet.com/articles/3/482/dbvslq+tv
La Folie





Jun 3 2009 9:57 PM

Hey hey,

La Folie are having a launch party on the 8th of June at The Forum in Sheffield! £2 advance tickets/£3 on the door! Plus the added bonus of if you film some stuff from the night of us, you or anything else connected and send it us, we will send you a free copy of 'Risus Sardonicus'



this artworks by Phlegm - amazing stuff!

Love Mannie LF x
QuiDaM





Jun 8 2009 12:18 PM

Thanks a lot, we do appreciate the adding!!! We love what you do!
Hope you can come to Barcelona one day!
Cheers,
QuiDaM
Loud And Quiet





Jun 1 2009 10:11 PM

NEW LOUD AND QUIET OUT NOW

THE BIG PINK / speak & the spells / SONIC YOUTH / trailer trash tracys / PLUG / jookabox / DIRTY PROJECTORS / crocodiles / AU REVOIR SIMONE / peaches / SECRET GARDEN PARTY / health / MSTRKRFT / the maccabees / BLK JKS / mi ami

Order a copy HERE


Michael Rossiter





May 27 2009 10:50 AM

Aye aye. Good work! Hope I can get your new album soon.
Witness to Change!





May 18 2009 5:26 PM

Hi,


^_^
wtc.
Dirty Bingo





May 17 2009 1:55 PM

Hey Up!

Loved your set last night, thanks so much for coming down. Hope you guys enjoyed it to, and have made it back safe and sound.

Dirty Bingo Love
XXX
Florent





Apr 28 2009 5:25 PM

hi ! thanks for the add ! i really like your tunes especially Time, closer to art brut in the manner of singing i find, and DISCO ! great !!! cheers ! f.
xx
Dirty Bingo





May 7 2009 9:00 PM

CLICK ON FLYER OR LINK FOR TICKETS
Dance Magic Dance





May 4 2009 12:21 PM

hey! saturday was great, hope you had fun too!!
xx
SLOW DOWN TALLAHASSEE





Apr 28 2009 10:23 AM

Our new single's out now! "Angel Of Death" / "Tricks"

You can order the 7" single (or buy the digital download now) from Thee SPC website at www.theespc.com or from our profile.

If you buy the 7" vinyl, you get a special code to access the digital download for free.

Thee Sheffield Phonographic Corporation





Apr 25 2009 12:12 PM

..New Split single from Slow Down Tallahassee & Standard Fare.
OUT NOW!


Click cover to listen!


Download now or buy the 7" from our profile or www.theespc.com
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Dance Magic Dance





Apr 23 2009 10:33 AM

looking forward to it!
STAG AND DAGGER





Apr 15 2009 12:19 PM

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Apr 13 2009 4:48 AM

thanks, great songs.
POWWOW // 7TH MAY // RETRO BAR





Apr 8 2009 7:29 PM

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Apr 5 2009 5:05 PM

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Loud And Quiet





Apr 5 2009 9:22 PM

Read our NAVVY feature from last month's issue at http://loudandquiet.com/articles/2/532/navvy
eirik





Mar 31 2009 8:31 PM

Im dazzled !
mipu





Mar 30 2009 6:53 PM

Hi, we..ll release the Navvy album next month in Finland, everyone in Scandinavia please contact if You can..t find the album
Lee





Mar 27 2009 8:35 PM

Hi thanx 4 adding me.
Luv ur Art Brut-meets-Bis sound - luv it luv it luv it!
chatte blanche





Mar 28 2009 11:47 AM

Thaks for the add.
Love your tunes!!
GYPPOS - BOLD AMBLER OUT NOW





Mar 29 2009 10:33 PM

ayup navvy,hope you can come x
Christophe®





Mar 26 2009 6:42 PM

Fantastic debut album, I bloody love it.

Just make sure you tour the album across the uk.
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