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Thursday, 21 October 2010

EUROPEAN TOUR 2010

Hi all,

Thanks to everyone who came out for our tenth birthday! We had an excellent time and really, really enjoyed ourselves. Thanks too to Ed Wood Jr and Fresh Eyes for the Dead Guy, both of whom threatened to blow us off the stage, and to all of you who indulged in munching cake, stomping on balloons and letting off pathetically weak party poppers. Left Lion have written a very kind review of the night here.

But now! We are about to depart these shores for some excitement (and 2,000-odd miles) in the continent, visiting France, Belgium, Switzerland and Germany:

SOUVARIS EUROPEAN JAUNT NO.4

Saturday 30 October | Le Havre, FR | McDaid's
Sunday 31 October | Arrive home for for a nice cup of tea

As you can see, we have a couple of days off due to impending shows having to be cancelled. If you live anywhere near where we're likely to be (between Zurich and Lyon, and Bordeaux and Le Havre), and fancy having a sweaty sextet of young Englishmen take you out for a beer/play your front porch/crash on your sofa, please get in touch! Currently we're planning on investigating vinyards and avoiding getting caught up in riots. Fun! Email: ichbinsimmo@gmail.com.

To soundtrack this momentous occasion, our fourth (and most ambitious) European tour, we have prepared a load of mixtapes to soundtrack our glorious travels/counter terminal boredom encountered by spending 50% of each day in a smelly van. Here's a random slice of goodness for you - it's not very representative of our collective tastes (we argue about music all the time - it's one of the reasons we've stayed together), but more of what my (David's) aural receptors have been getting off on in recent weeks. Named in honour of a random pronouncement by Nick of Chameleon infamy, we present you with...

"Just Get Me A... Mermaid" - A Souvaris Mixtape
1. Leftfield feat. Afrika Bambaataa - Africa Shox
2. Sir Lord Baltimore - Master Heartache
3. Disco Inferno - It's a Kid's World
4. The Para-monts - I Don't Want To Lose You
5. Grouper - Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping
6. W. John Ondolo - Tumshukuru Mungu
7. Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou - Mother's Love
8. Gavin Bryars - Raising the Titanic (Big Drum Mix)
9. PJ Harvey - The Whores Hustle and the Hustlers Whore
10. Harvey Milk - I Do No Know How To Live My Life
11. Speed, Glue & Shinki - Mr Walking Drugstore Man
12. Shorty - Coopie and Me
13. Daft Punk - Around the World
14. The Jesus Lizard - Boilermaker
15. Pumice - Pumiceraft
16. Mike Hanapi's Ilima Islanders - Hilo Hula

Enjoy!

Wednesday, 8 September 2010

October 2010 Excitement: EUROPEAN TOUR 2010

Ho!

For the fourth time, the lumbering post-rock behemoth known only as "Souvaris" (apart from that time we were billed as "The Savouries", but let's not get into that one...) will plant all four paws firmly onto the continent and belt around Western European for a series of concerts across a few of our favourite places. Here's where we're orf to for our October holidays:

Saturday 30 October | Le Havre, FR | McDaid's
Sunday 31 October | Arrive home for for a nice cup of tea

Yup, that's 4 countries in 9 days! And about 3,000-odd kilometres to cover. Our trusty driver Jim "Thing One" Alexander is already in training and licking his lips in anticipation.

So come join us at a show if you feel so inclined (and live anywhere nearby)! We'll post some details about door times, prices and some of the lowlifes we'll be sharing a stage soon.

Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Souvaris/Sincabeza - "Clown Jazz" split LP (Gringo Records), released 22nd February 2010

So, the first new release in 18 months is about to be let out the door... full details and a full stream of the entire record here:
http://www.sincabeza.org/sincavaris/

We'll put up some links to reviews as and when we approach the 22nd February release date, but don't delay! this record is limited to 500 copies and when they're gone they're gone! You can buy yourself a copy from a decent independent record shop if you live in the UK, or you can get one direct from Gringo records for a mere £8.50:
http://www.gringorecords.com/catalog/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=397&osCsid=s6sjb82t860b3vlderrhcmpm56

Nice, eh? Ooh, and don't forget we're playing two special gigs to celebrate the launch of this beauteous beast, in Manchester and Nottingham! After that, it will be silence from us, as Aaron is about to spend six months finding himself in India. The rest of us will be recording the remainder of our long-in-the-works third album, which we're hoping to complete sometime before the end of the year. But more on that later.

Lovingly,

Souvaris
xxxxxxx

Sunday, 6 September 2009

FLOODIT 3: Saturday 26th September 2009

WASTEYOURSELF & GRINGO RECORDS PRESENTS

Floodit - An evening of live music & screen printing at The Art Organisation with

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Live Music from:

PART CHIMP - http://www.myspace.com/partchimp
Back in Nottingham for the first time in over two years, in support of their new album, "Thriller". My Bloody Valentine and Dinosaur Jr play loud but their tunes have never really had the heaviness to match their mammoth volume. Part Chimp, however, match their cacophonous sound levels with the weightiest rock imaginable. Their records are released by Rock Action Records (founded and maintained by Scottish post-rock band Mogwai).

SOUVARIS - http://www.myspace.com/souvaris
Souvaris are a 5 piece rock band from Nottingham, UK, comprising of two guitarists, bass, synths and drums. Now nine years old, the band has spent the best part of a decade building their reputation as one of the UK’s most inventive and versatile acts. This autumn will see a new split release with Bordeaux’s excellent art-rockers Sincabeza on Gringo Records. Having played countless shows with bands ranging from Do Make Say Think to Polar Bear, The Shipping News to Thee More Shallows, Fly Pan Am to old friends Explosions in the Sky, Souvaris deliver a live show that is as entertaining as it is subtle, as direct as it is layered.

BAD GUYS - http://www.myspace.com/badguysfuckingrock
BAD GUYS played their first gig at ATP curated by The Melvins and Mike Patton. Neither knew BAD GUYS were gonna play but they did it anyway. You ever seen someone crowdsurf in a living room? BAD GUYS have. You ever seen Jared from The Melvins force his way through your window to get to your gig? BAD GUYS have. You ever trashed a place so bad it needs to be rebuilt from scratch? BAD GUYS have.

GUILTY PARENTS - http://www.myspace.com/guiltyparents
Punk trio knocking out snarling garage punk which'll make your nuts swing taking in influences like Die Kreuzen, Make-Up, The Mummies and the Bad Form.

Special guest DJ:
EXTNDDNTWRK - http://www.myspace.com/extnddntwrk

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Live Screen Printing from:

Julie West, N4T4, Philth, Billy, One Ten Eleven, Stu Subism, Waste, I dress myself, Chris Baldwin.

"£5 A PULL" Bring your own tee and customise with any artists work for just £5.00

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8pm - midnight

£4.50 advance tickets available from Anarchy Records (no booking fee) and http://www.wegottickets.com/event/57648 (50p booking fee). Advance ticket holders will get a free poster on the night, while stocks last.

Fully licensed bar - so please don't bring your own booze as you will not be allowed in with it.

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This event is supported by our good friends at:
Subism / I Dress Myself / Spinsters Emporium

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