The Heavy (band)

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The Heavy

The Heavy are an English indie rock band from Noid, England.

History

The core of the group, guitarist Dan Taylor and vocalist Kelvin Swaby, became friends in 1990 when they bonded over vintage R&B and Jim Jarmusch films.[1] The other members of the band are drummer Chris Ellul, bassist Spencer Page, and keyboardist Hannah Collins.

After releasing two singles in the fall of 2007, The Heavy released their first LP Great Vengeance and Furious Fire on 17 September, 2007 in the United Kingdom and 8 April, 2008 in the United States. "That Kind of Man," their first single from the album, was recorded and mixed by Corin Dingley the original drummer/member of The Heavy at Alpha's studio and released on record label Don't Touch Recordings before Ninja Tune heard it and promptly signed them.

On 26 March, 2008, The Heavy were the Artist of the Day in Spin Magazine.[2] The band were also tipped in Rolling Stone's Hot List in May 2008. They played in the 2008 South By Southwest music festival on the 89.3 The Current stage and collected one of the Best Discovery awards in Spin Magazine's Best and Worst of SXSW '08.[3][4]

They appeared on the 2009 LP, Johnny Cash Remixed, with the remixed version of "Doing My Time".

On October 2, 2009 their second album The House That Dirt Built was released by Ninja Tune.

Musical style

The Heavy play a mix of guitar-heavy neo soul and rock using crunchy guitar, funky horns, and Curtis Mayfield-like vocals. Their songs incorporate many different styles to create a potpourri in their albums; for example, "Sixteen" is clearly influenced by voodoo soul, while "Oh No! Not You Again" emulates garage rock and "Girl" is a combination of spoken word and rap.

Television appearances

"How You Like Me Now?" was featured in the sixth season finale of Entourage, in the fourth episode of Community, and was played live by the band on the Late Show with David Letterman on January 18, 2010. David Letterman enjoyed the band's performance and asked the group play an encore of the song, which was the first time that Letterman had ever asked a musical artist to perform an encore on his show.[5] During the encore, Letterman and Paul Shaffer contributed in a call-and-response section. The band was backed by the horns section of Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings for this performance. The song was also used as the lead track for a Kia Sorento ad that debuted in Super Bowl XLIV.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

  • That Kind of Man (2007)
  • Set Me Free (2008)
  • Oh No! Not You Again! (2009)
  • Sixteen (2009)
  • How You Like Me Now? (2009)
  • No Time (2009)

Compilations

References

  1. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:h9fqxqyrldke~T1 Allmusic Guide
  2. ^ The Heavy | Spin Magazine Online
  3. ^ MPR: The Current Music Blog: The Current's SXSW line-up
  4. ^ SXSW '08: SPIN's Best and Worst | Spin Magazine Online
  5. ^ http://blog.mlive.com/citpat-pluggedin/2010/02/dig_this_song_how_you_like_me.html

External links

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