SOUVARIS IS: TEN

Woot woot and word up.

In exactly one week's time we will have finished blowing sound down your earholes at the distinctly impressive Nottingham Contemporary - look, there's even a proper webpage and poster and everything here: http://www.nottinghamcontemporary.org/event/music-exchange-present-souvaris.

Then you might have noticed that we're heading off for our holidays in late October, stopping off in Belgium, France, Germany and Switzerland for some quality shows (and Luxembourg for some cheap petrol, no doubt). But what are we going to do inbetween?

Oh yeah, it's only our MOTHERFLIPPING TENTH BIRTHDAY.

Yeesh, we've been pissing away our spare time, money and hearing on this shit for a decade now. Just think what much more productive things we could have done in the meantime. So what are we going to do to celebrate? Well, throw a fucking cool party, of course! We've invited some pals to play, and, heck, we'll even make some noise ourselves (and probably a load of different songs to the Contemporary gig). Simmo and Helene have been fantastic enough actual humans to organise a swanky Saturday night out for you all:
That's Saturday 16th October, at Chameleon, Nottingham.
SOUVARIS (Gringo, UK)
ED WOOD JR (Lille, FR)
FRESH EYES FOR THE DEAD GUY
...STOP EJECT
£5 / DOORS 8.30pm

Clique Clack is delighted to invite you to a warm-up show for Souvaris' upcoming European tour. In the spirit of international exchange, Ed Wood Jr from Lille, France will be representing the froggy side of the Entente Cordiale. Add a couple of local rock behemoths to the proceedings in the form of Fresh Eyes For The Dead Guy and Stop Eject, and you have yourselves quite in evening indeed! Mmmmmm.

Full details at http://www.facebook.com/?sk=events#!/event.php?eid=153931577958482

See you there! Bring cake. It's gonna get messy.

The live comeback: Thurs 30th Sept, Nottingham Contemporary

Alright, told you we were going to do something special for our first live show in 2010. Obligatory Friendface event page here (invite yourself!), or read the details below:


The Music Exchange Live and Prefab Kraut presents SOUVARIS
Date: Thursday 30th September
Time: 19:00 - 23:00 (band plays at 21:00ish)
Venue: Nottingham Contemporary Cafe
Price: FREE (Record and CD donations gratefully received)

"Having not played in this city since the launch of their split album w/Sincabeza - "Clown Jazz" (Gringo Records), we're all looking forward to this show. http://www.myspace.com/souvaris
Exchange DJs Joey Bell and AntrØnhY 7pm onwards."

That's right, we've got the whole night to ourselves and we'll be the only band playing. So see you at the bar! God knows what we're going to play or how long we're going to play for, but if we play every song we've ever written we'll be on for at least 3 and a half hours. So we won't be doing that. Any requests (including joke cover versions)?

European tour and random mixtapes details coming soon.

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

The January 2010 Microtour is soon to commence!

Femmes! Hommes! Garcons et filles!

Sorry for the prolonged silence, but we've beavering away in the background on some new recordings.... However, with our split LP with Sincabeza finally approaching a firm release date (more details when we know them), we though we should drop a quick note to let you know that we will be embarking on the smallest tour ever in a couple of weeks time. TWO whole consecutive shows in two different cities! First up a trip to Manchester, followed by an LP launch party in Nottingham. Crikey!

THURSDAY 21st JANUARY
@ THE RETRO BAR, MANCHESTER
w/ These Monsters, FTSE 100
7.30pm / £5
Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/#/event.php?eid=165966476748&ref=ts

FRIDAY 22nd JANUARY
@ CHAMELEON, NOTTINGHAM
Celebrating the release of our split LP with Sincabeza on Gringo Records
w/ Tenebrous Liar, Hatchling
8.30pm / £5
Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/#/event.php?eid=252147462501&ref=ts

Very soon we shall write with solid news about exactly where, when and how you can buy our forthcoming release on Gringo - we are expecting copies back from the pressing plant any day now....

Hopefully see you at one of the shows - do say hello.

Toodle pip,

Souvaris xxx

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