Band’s biog:
The story goes that drummer / pianist / sequencer / singer Viva is a former Olympic athlete, while her brother, singer / guitarist and Joe Gideon, was on the opposite side of the globe on the jury panel judging the Miss Bolivia contest. This highly original act has already been invited by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Seasick Steve, the Duke Spirit and Archie Bronson Outfit to play with them. Since the release of their massively acclaimed debut album HARUM SCARUM in March the band can now add Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Hold Steady and Andrew Weatherall to their list of admirers following recent invites to perform with them. So far, they’ve done Radio 4’s Loose Ends show, a Maida Vale session for BBC Radio 1, a triumphant headline slot at London’s KOKO for Club NME, as well as the greats: Glastonbury, Bestival, Latitude and many more between.
‘To be funny and moving at the same time is one thing. Their combination of true grit and grace is rarer still’ 6/6 album review (Time Out, London)
‘Breathing new life into the increasingly familiar boy-girl rock duo format, recently drawn into disrepute by The Ting Tings. Let’s hope the mainstream takes the bait’ (The Quietus)
‘An inspired band with fire at their finger tips. Astonishing’ 8/10 (NME)
‘Sounds like the White Stripes on paper, but is a lot, lot better’ (Rob Da Bank, BBC Radio 1)
‘It’s raw, it’s bold, it’s bluesy, it’s drenched in reverb and it’s brilliant. This real homegrown family partnership could give Jack and Meg a run for their money’ 4.5/5 (The Sun)
