The New Eves

The New Eves is a band that conjures up a series of references all at once. They are a four-piece from Brighton, armed with an unusual set of instrumentation (cello, violin, flute) on top of the standard guitar oriented line-up. Their sound merges Velvet Underground textures with freak folk overtones stitched together with various post-punk threads. There is spoken poetry in their music that hits with a Patti Smith type verve and a presentation that comes with a theatrical flair. There are sudden tempo changes, angular tunes battling with drones then breaking into segments of dissonance dissolving into pure noise just to get interrupted by moments of chamber music serenity. Imagination runs wild with this band, front to back.