The 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 Like
Navvy : 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)
"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
Or download from 7digital by clicking here for 1 week after the release date - March 16 - Idyll Intangible download is available for £5!
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....Our new single 'Disco' is now available including 'Time' and a remix of My New Building!
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'
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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