FINALLY RELEASED: Souvaris Souvaris Souvaris Souvaris Souvaris Souvaris Souvaris...

Hey ho chaps and chapettes,

Some obligatory HUGE THANKS to Emma and the lovely blokes from Dear Thief/Gung Ho and Doig and the dudes at Power Lunches for having us at a super-special, super-sweaty London gig the other weekend. We had a hugely enjoyable time playing and seeing lots of faces old and new. If you came out; we salute you.

But now, to business, for this week finally marks the official release of SOUVARIS - SOUVARIS SOUVARIS. Some of these songs took literally months to write, and we first started working on recording the whole thing over 2 years ago and only just managed to finish it this summer, so it's extremely gratifying to have it released by our great friends and still hugely vital Nottingham-loving label Gringo Records. Similarly, in these times of massive cutbacks, record labels and distros dying on their arses and shops going tits-up, it's extremely kind of Cargo to take on a record as uncommercial as ours and stick a few copies in local record shops... if you're lucky enough to live near any that still exist, we implore you to go out and support it by buying AS MANY COPIES AS YOU CAN.

You mean you haven't heard it yet? Well my dear, here are some thingummies from Bandcamp and Soundcloud:

Latest tracks by souvaris

And if that sonic onslaught didn't persuade you, we received one of the most well-considered and thoughtful of our venerable 11 years courtesy of the generous Tommy Dski at Pocket Jury:

"Somewhere between [NEU!75 and Can's "Landed"] is the wonderful Souvaris, an amalgamation of the inventiveness of early krautrock with western pop music, creating something of a unique art-rock sound. The surging crescendos favoured by many post-rock bands are still there but the sense of dynamics is far more varied, with many moods covered over the forty minute duration... one of the great British treasures at the absolute peak of their considerable power."

I think we all genuinely blushed when we read this review - so many thanks to Tommy.

Now what are you waiting for? It's the perfect Christmas present! Buy one for yourself! Buy one for your other half! Heck, buy our Gringo's entire stock so we can stop owing Matt so much money as well as all the good karma he's passed our way over the last few years! BUY! BUY! BUY!

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

Yo! Bum rush the show!

Just a quick note to say that we're down to our last ever copy of the European Tour 2009 CDR, "Get Married". If you want it, better act quick and click on the Paypal button below. We've also found the last! ever! copy of our split 7" with The Workhouse that came out on Awkward Silence waaaaay back in 2003, so let us know if you want that one too.

Oh, and someone has asked us to play a gig in a car park in London this autumn. It sounds brilliant - more details soon!

ONLINE SHOP

Hey folks, been looking to get some Souvaris music in a physical format? We know it's not that easy to track down our stuff, especially as a lot of it has flitted in and out of print down the years. Therefore, we are now offering a public service - buy our music direct from us! Here's what's currently available that we have in stock - with free postage to wherever you are in the world!:


"GET MARRIED" European Tour 2009 CDR - 50 numbered copies only!
Four songs, 45-odd minutes of music.
£5.00, including postage worldwide

SOLD OUT

"A HAT" (2007) CD album, on Gringo Records
Six songs, 65-odd minutes of music.
£7.50, including postage worldwide

"UNTITLED" (2003) 12" vinyl, on Telesphere Records
Two of our oldest songs, 25-odd minutes.
£3.50, including postage worldwide

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