T O U P É

SOME THINGS SOME PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR THE MUSIC PRESS SAY:
"..musically on form with dark catchy melodies and funky bass solos. Best Track - Three Days In The Pit." KERRANG!

"There's certainly no formula here, slipping from some laidback jazzy moments to headfuck with ease, and sounding pretty damn cool." Rock Sound

"you know what we're most reminded of by this album? The first endeavour from Mike Patton's mercurial Mr Bungle. Yowzah! Twangy, troublesome and triumphant, Toupe have weaved a thing of wonder." Iain Moffat - Playlouder

"(Toupe) are the musical equivalent of Tim Burton, telling stories of dark and eerie characters in strange situations with a moral tale behind it all, I can't wait to see what they dream up next." BBC On-Line

"two performances in two nights, both completely different and both benefiting from their ability to feed off the audience..."
"Grant, Karl and Jay are ridiculously talented musicians. At times thunderously loud and heavy funk, instantly broken down into quiet jazz breaks or little riffs from Karl, many of which are used to feed off Grant's ad-libs. Jay is a phenomenal drummer, making the incredibly difficult look stupidly easy. Watching these guys in full flow is one of the best sights I've ever seen live, they never fail to blow me away"BhOne.co.uk

"I've heard great things about this band - their virtuosity and their live show; Toupe, so the rumour goes, are “the shit”. Although, I’m wondering how half an hour of what is essentially slap-bassed funk (see what I did there?) will hold up. First song ‘Fuckin’ is enough to allay anyone’s fears; salacious, innuendo ridden and tight as you like, it’s clear that these guys are the shit. Chaotic and wild, yet utterly precise, their reputation is totally deserved. Buzzing with energy, not a single person in the room is still during their set and by the time the band are called on for an encore the rest of the night might as well not have happened. Despite one or two problems, all in all tonight feels like an affirmation of local talent. Towards the close of Toupe’s set we are presented with a semi-tragic spectacle; at the side of the stage stands a member of TSN, mouth agape, transfixed by a band streets ahead of his own. It tells us one thing: we witnessed magic tonight." The Fly Wessex

"Now here's something different! Toupe, from Southampton, essentially comprise two bass players and a drummer. See, that's different for a start. They write and play outrageous songs that'll please, offend and entertain all at the same time. This is one AMAZING piece of work!!" ToxicPete.co.uk about Burgers.

"All together this could well be the must-buy album of the year especially as I can as good as guarantee that you won't own another record like this (unless Toupe knock out another album starting with 'C' some time soon - and I've already thought of a great title for that one!)" The-Mag.co.uk on Burgers



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If you like Toupe be sure to check out Frank Zappa, Primus, Skindred, Caroline's Capuchin, Mike Watt (The Minutemen, fIREHOSE), Tool, Stanley Clarke, Ben Folds Five, Captain Beefheart, The Presidents of the United States of America, The Cat Empire, Tism, Clatter, Bucket, The Psychodots, The Bears, The Gay Army, The Bensons, Stout, Betika, AFI, Paul Went Home, Cake, Moeker, Pearl Jam, Schlomo, Dreadzone, Desmond Dekker and the Aces, The Goose, Man from La Mancha, Jerry Springer: The Opera, Chuck Palahniuk, Simon Singh, Molotov, Monkey Boy, 311, Toto, Steely Dan, Simon and Garfunkel, Bill Hicks, The Muppets (especially Beaker), Alicia Rhodes (porn actress), meeting new, briliant folks every day and Fishbone....to get less than 1% of the influences they have.

To see videos and hear more free music from Toupe go to www.toupe.co.uk