The Heavy (band)

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The Heavy
Origin Noid, England
Genre(s) Indie rock, Neo Soul
Years active 2007–present
Label(s) Ninja Tune,
Website http://www.theheavy.co.uk/
Members
Hannah Collins, Chris Ellul, Spencer Page, Kelvin Swaby, Dan Taylor

The Heavy are an English indie rock band from Noid, England. Combining crunchy guitar, funky horns, and Prince-like vocals, The Heavy play a mix of guitar heavy, hip-hop soul. The core of the group, guitarist Dan Taylor and Vocalist Kelvin Swaby, became friends in 1990 when they bonded over vintage R&B and Jim Jarmusch films. [1]

The rest of the band is made up by keyboardist Hannah Collins, drummer Chris Ellul, and bassist Spencer Page.

After releasing two singles in the fall of 2007, The Heavy released their first LP Great Vengeance and Furious Fire on 17 September, 2007 in the United Kingdom and 8 April, 2008 in the United States.

On 26 March, 2008, The Heavy were the Artist of the Day in Spin Magazine.[2] They played in the 2008 South By Southwest music festival on the 89.3 The Current stage and collected one of the Best Discovery awards in Spin Magazine's Best and Worst of SXSW '08. [3][4]

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  1. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:h9fqxqyrldke~T1 Allmusic Guide
  2. ^ http://www.spin.com/articles/heavy
  3. ^ http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/music_blog/archive/2008/02/the_currents_sx.shtml
  4. ^ http://www.spin.com/blog/sxsw-08-spins-best-and-worst

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