SOUVARIS

Souvaris biography
Nottingham's Souvaris were founded in 2000 and played quite stereotypic loud post-rock at the very beginning. Their first EP, a self-titled 12, was released on Telesphere Recordings in 2003. . A debut album, I Felt Nothing At All, followed, released in January 2005 on Bearos Records, and distributed in France by la FNAC. The band, although proud of the record, felt they needed to push themselves further and wholly detach themselves from the limiting quiet-loud aesthetic of a million post-rock soundalikes. The past two years have been spent writing new music, developing new sounds and approaches, and honing the dynamics and energy of their songs. Wandering chords and ambient washes have been replaced by tight grooves, intricate rhythms and playful melodies.
Their second album, A Hat, was released on Gringo Records in March 2007. Written over three years and mastered by John Golden (Sonic Youth, Melvins, Lightning Bolt), A Hat joyfully throws together the krautrock motorik of Neu! and Can, the grooves and bad jazz of Tortoise and Battles and the odd Yo La Tengo or Bedhead-esque pop hook. Having played countless shows with bands ranging from The Shipping News to Matt Elliott, 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. The band name their music Erudite Instrumental Rock.

The band is (2010):
Aaron Doyle,
Dan Layton,
John Simson,
David Stockwell,
Ian Whitehead