Nan Turner: Drums, Keys, Vocals/ Major Matt: Guitar, Vocals
Influences
Pixies, Sonic Youth, The Breeders, Sleater-Kinney, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Jesus Lizard, PJ Harvey, Bikini Kill, Pink Floyd, Yo La Tengo, Archers of Loaf, Herman Dune, Prewar Yardsale, PJ Harvey, Sony and Cher, John Denver, Urge Overkill, The Amps, X, Joe Jackson, Melvins, Nirvana, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Velvet Undergound, Orenette Coleman, Quasi, Bob Dylan, NYC Antifolk, Gang of Four, Big Black, Slint, Jeffery Lewis, The Trashmen, Beat Happening, Throwing Muses, Belly, The Leader, Toby Goodshank, Neil Young, The Cramps, Mudhoney, Le Tigre, Live Skull, The Rolling Stones, Bitch Magnet, BAUHAUS, U2, Led Zepplin, Linus, The Vaselines, The Sonics, The Who, Brian Eno, Cecil Taylor, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, OS Muntantes, Liz Phair, Guided By Voices, Leondard Cohen, MC5, Teenage Fanclub, Pussy Galore, Kimya Dawson, Tad, CAN, Modern Lovers, Low, Bongwater, Spacemen 3, Sebadoh, Donnie and Marie, American Anymen, NYC DIY MUSIC SCENE
Sounds Like
Two dogs making love in a canoe.
"Party/ Folk Noise/ Punk band Schwervon! make cute fun out of the Big Black blueprint."
-Village Voice
"Pretty Slow" sounds like a bonus, unreleased track from Blue Album-eraWeezer, if Rivers Cuomo had teamed up with The Blow's Khaela Maricich." -Rachel Kowal, NPR Second Stage
"Lower East Side couple-band Matt Roth (guitar) and Nan Turner (drums) make roughhewn, exposed-brick NYC indie rock with a freshly squeezed pop twist, their young life/ young heart songs drawing inspiration from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the Pixies, the more twee side of Cibo Matto and beyond. The general rule of rock duos states that for a group to really explode,one member needs to be a brutal enough talent to igniteboth halves (White Stripes,etc.), butTurner and Roth seem to be enjoying themselves enough for three, and that is just fine, too." -AM New York
"Considering that it started as a part-time side project for both members, with Nan learning to drum “on the job,” Schwervon!’s development to this point is remarkable. The album needn’t be compared;it succeeds on its own terms. Robert Schumann wrote, “Music is an orphan whose mother and father no one can determine. And it may well be that precisely in this mystery lies the source of its beauty.” That’s the sweet spot of Low Blow."
-Tony Rubin, Boog City
"Of course, Schwervon!’s secret has weapon has always been their proximity. Two songwriters who share a life offstage as well as on, Roth and Turner’s vocals intertwine with an unforced familiarity that comes from years of cohabitation and collaboration. Roth, the Kansas drawl undiminished by years in the city, has always sounded to me like the voice of reason, a narrator, while Turner’s bubbly (but never ditzy) alto serves as more of an atmosphere enhancer: more of a third instrument than what drives the lyric. On Low Blow, though, Schwervon! have really come together, often singing in unison or falling into a singsong-y, call and response. Lead single “Balloon” works so well because Roth and Turner are clearly enjoying each other’s company in the dance party-friendly verses, and in mimicking the between-verse lead guitar. Schwervon!’s music is comprised of two-person inside jokes that cruises on a wave of inclusiveness: sort of like Matt and Kim, Nan and Matt make their audience feel like the songs and the sound belong to everyone who comes across it." -Brook Pridemore, Jezebel Music
"Schwervon! tunes remind us a great deal of many of the odd, obscure underground pop bands that were treading around the United States in the early- to mid-1990s. This might better be labeled as minimalist pop because there is very little of the ultra-layering that usually litters twenty-first century pop. Plenty of groovy cuts here including "Dodger," "What We Talk About When We Don't Talk About Love," "Glasses On," and "Dogs for Hire. 5 out of 5" -LMNOP.com
"Low Blow is the perfect study on how to avoid the experimental bells and whistles, over-used by plenty of indie bands, in order to present a simple and highly effective rock record. Various classic influences can be found threaded heavily into some of the music, however, there is not a single moment where the balance shifts away from Nan and Matt's collective flavour. Not many bands can claim such a feat."
-milk milk lemonade
"...the urgency of Low Blow’s sound struck me immediately. A bunch of the songs here, “Balloon” or “Wake and Bomb” being a good examples, remind me of the hyperactive, edgy guitar rock of bands like late-period Sleater-Kinney and Deerhoof."
-Pop Headwound
Hiya, it was great to see you too, on your home turf! Next time I won't let a bartender lead me astray the night before though and may be able to actually hold a decent conversation ;-)
hey Nan, thanks for you nice comment! actually you get a second chance, they just invited us, to play again at pianos. next friday, tomorrow actually. late night again... hope to see a gig of yours soon, Tim
hey schwervon! we come for one concert to new york, ok, mimi stays in japan, but will be live to, some digital live, but funny.... how are you? are you coming to switzerland soon? Tim
"Party/ Folk Noise/ Punk band Schwervon! make cute fun out of the Big Black blueprint."
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best regards, stephanie
