Support our efforts, sign up to a full membership!
(Start for free)
Register or login with just your e-mail address
Alternative 12/10/2019

Civil Villains - Debut EP Snake Oil Released 15th November 2019

Hot Songs Around The World

Water
Tyla
306 entries in 20 charts
Stick Season
Noah Kahan
313 entries in 19 charts
Houdini
Dua Lipa
285 entries in 26 charts
Strangers
Kenya Grace
442 entries in 24 charts
Lovin On Me
Jack Harlow
293 entries in 22 charts
Popular
Weeknd, Playboi Carti & Madonna
266 entries in 18 charts
Lose Control
Teddy Swims
316 entries in 25 charts
Beautiful Things
Benson Boone
159 entries in 24 charts
Si No Estas
Inigo Quintero
283 entries in 17 charts
Greedy
Tate McRae
621 entries in 28 charts
Unwritten
Natasha Bedingfield
291 entries in 22 charts
Anti-Hero
Taylor Swift
615 entries in 23 charts
Cruel Summer
Taylor Swift
572 entries in 20 charts
Snooze
SZA
223 entries in 13 charts
New York, NY (Top40 Charts) London-based alt-math-rock newcomers CIVIL VILLAINS are delighted to announce they will release their debut EP Snake Oil on 15th November 2019. Lead single 'Dead Still' is out now on all good digital service providers.

The band will be touring the UK throughout October 2019 with friends Goldblume and Bisch Nadar, including a London date on 19th October 2019 at The Victoria supporting Hawk Eyes alongside Lost In The Riots, Bicurious and Lakes.

Commenting on the track, the band say: "Dead Still is short and sweet but it's essentially about our relationships to memories and how we make sense of ourselves. The chorus is this hollow, desperate plea—we're fumbling to hold on to a present or past that's dissolving in front of our very eyes."

For the single's video, the band thrash around in an underpass; a cold, empty, forgotten thoroughfare that aligns well with the track's tense mix of frenetic rhythm and spacious guitar parts. "We thought including the CCTV cameras were a nice touch," add the band. "They represent this really accurate, sterile and unromantic version of events which contrasts nicely with the fact that we so often reframe, distort and misremember our own past."

Previously releasing a handful of singles recorded at Brighton Electric with Josh Harrison (Royal Blood, British Sea Power, Tigercub), Snake Oil was produced by Wayne Adams at Bear Bites Horse Studios (USA Nails, John), with the debut five track EP a concerted effort to encapsulate the band's high-energy live show.

"A lot of Snake Oil, as the name suggests, is about dishonesty and its consequences," explain the trio of their debut, "whether it's lies told to manipulate others or truths twisted to anaesthetise yourself, the EP touches on false promises, avarice and accountability. We wanted the EP to be a document in time, a real accurate encapsulation of how we sound when it's just the three of us in a room playing our songs. Wayne was the perfect person to record with for this. There are minimum overdubs, everything is running hot, and we smash through these tracks like our lives depend on it."

Taking influence from a wide spread of artists including Pearl Jam, Tom Waits, At The Drive In, Sleater Kinney, Kaki King, Modest Mouse, and Listener, in the band's words the trio are creatively drawn to "anything with mad swagger". Their own brand of forward-thinking and abrasive alt-rock combines elements of math-rock, art punk and post-hardcore to bolster fitful riffs and complex rhythmic arrangements to crushing effect.

The trio already have a host of UK live credits to their name—including dates with Listener, Poly-Math, Wild Throne, Bellevue Days, Kid Kapichi, and many others—but the real evidence of their impressive self-starting chutzpah comes from a pair of extensive North American DIY tours booked by the band themselves.

Comprised of headline shows in Toronto ON and Cambridge MA, festival performances in Quebec City QC and New York City NY, and shows on the West Coast, including Seattle and Vancouver, Civil Villains have already made significant inroads across that Atlantic that often elude artists far beyond their early stage.

Snake Oil is released 15th November 2019

Snake Oil tracklist:

Red Hands
Gargoyles
Dead Still
Soapbox
Siren Bound

CIVIL VILLAINS live dates:
12.10.19 - Southsea - The Wave Maiden (w/ Goldblume + Web)
13.10.19 - Cambridge - The Blue Moon (w/ Goldblume + Bisch Nadar)
14.10.19 - Nottingham - The Chameleon (w/ Goldblume + Bisch Nadar)
17.10.19 - Leicester - The Shed (w/ Goldblume + Smack Jack + Gunk)
18.10.19 - Brighton - The Pipeline (w/ Quiet Lions + Goldblume + Bisch Nadar)
19.10.19 - London - The Victoria *
26.10.19 - Oxford - The Wheatsheaf (w/ Edward Fox + Pandapopalypse)
* w/ Hawk Eyes + Lost In The Riots + Bicurious + Lakes + Bisch Nadar + Cody Noon

Civil Villains online:
https://www.facebook.com/civilvillainsband
https://twitter.com/civilvillains
https://civilvillains.com/
https://instagram.com/civil_villains

Civil Villains are:

James King - Vocals & guitar
Mark Hudson - Bass
Toby Warren - Drums & vocals






Most read news of the week


© 2001-2024
top40-charts.com (S4)
about | site map
contact | privacy
Page gen. in 0.0092051 secs // 4 () queries in 0.0045731067657471 secs