New single 'Runaway Pram' out via download OUT NOW in English, German, Russian!
Debut album BLUEBEARD'S ROOMS OUT AUGUST 11th!!
First two singles OUT NOW on download/7" vinyl
See the videos for David Cronenberg's Wife's 2 singles - to the side via youtube- or click 'Videos', underneath main pic top left, or main window.
'Where genius meets idiocy' (Mark Lamarr, BBC Radio 2)
'Sarcastic, sardonic and articulate… I can guarantee once you’ve heard this, it will stay in your head all day.' (Music Week)
'Even on first listen i'm totally digging this 7" by David Cronenberg's Wife. It's a cyclic, twangy piece of wax called 'My Best Friend's Going Out With A Girl I Like' which recalls The Flaming Stars, Bailter Space & maybe old London bands like Breed. There's a bit of a Velvets/Spacemen 3 feel to the atmospherics, the lyrics are a monotonous, geeky, drawled & wistful moan and utterly delightful in their excecution. The music just drills into your head like the best Quickspace tunes used to do, with that relentless repetitive drive, cool & loose, hypnotic & sinister....but going back to those lyrics....they're bleakly hilarious. I can't figure whether the protaganist is a total psychopath or just a lovelorn sweetie but Daniel Clowes could write a short comic strip for this addictive offering on Blang. A hearty treat of motorik surf-psych genius!' (Norman Records)
'What’s immediately impressive about David Cronenberg’s Wife is their honesty. Lyrics like those above float all the way through this magnificently-titled single, which musically sounds like Lou Reed hupping darkly over The Buzzcocks’ most famous song while Dan Treacy sits alarmed in the corner, wondering why on earth he didn’t write songs as good as this for the last two TV Personalities records.' (Drowned in Sound)
'['My Best Friend' is] mesmerising with its repetition and simplicity…' (subba-culture)
'a particularly skilled troupe of high wire artistes walking the proverbially thin line between irony & self-loathing. Investigate at will. You won’t be anything less than intrigued!' (trakmarx review of 'I Couldn't Get Off')
David Cronenberg's Wife sound like a mid-Eighties independent band -- sarcastic, sardonic and articulate, with dark gothic undertones, a little bit of shambling, some David Lynch surf guitar... the focus is on the songwriting' (Everett True, Plan B, September 07)
'I Do Know You Love Me' [is] thrilling for its freshness, its full-on musical self-confidence and some brilliantly witty lyrics - in which the wit came from expressing dangerously honest thoughts rather than from any desire to be amusing...' (Michael Gray, author of The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia)
Critics' Choice (Rock and Pop) Top Ten: 4. David Cronenberg's Wife: 'Morally Outrageous backwoods folk' singer leads this excellent regular anti-folk session. (Time Out London, August 16-23, 2006)
'Dark and twisted as the name suggests' (London Metro. May 5, 2006)
'The best undiscovered band in the country. Tom Mayne is a stunning lyricist who peels back the skin of humanity to reveal its pustulating bleeding sores while leaving piss stains on your trousers with his sardonic wit. The observational skills of a novelist. The lo-fi 2 chord soul of rock nroll.' (Sgt Buzfuz)
'These guys are great. They're not ripping anyone off.' (Sky Saxon of The Seeds)
'Bands with rubbish names and our utterly unfounded guess at what they sound like: David Cronenberg's Wife- this Norwich band are newcomers on the East Anglian goth scene? Perhaps.' (NME)
'The world's best seven-fingered songwriter'. (Bobbo, DCW fan)
'Gnarled up country-fried sounds... The curmudgeonly growl of the music is beguiling.' (oppositiont.co.uk)
Hey Tom. Trust yr well. I'm under some pressure at mo as I have to relocate cos of Psycho Neighbour. Can't meet this week or next. August I'll be free. FAILED HEARTS still on for Anti-Folk: 16 Aug-Midnite. LOVE Andrew x
Here is an invitation from Pop Theory to join us at the Good Ship on Thursday July 10th for some obscure Japanese Indie Pop, not as obscure Scottish Indie Pop and some good powerful Indie Rock courtesy of:
Big Bad Love July 10th Doors: 7pm-11pm £6.50 93 Feet East
This is our first 93 Feat East gig and we’re happy to be gracing this illustrious stage so look out for special door price offers a few days before the gig… Or you can buy in advance here: http://www. wegottickets. com/event/32336
Button Up Your Overcoat returns this Monday at The George Tavern, Whitechapel. With Dufus, The Bobby McGees, Old Bamboo & Baron Bum Blood Advance tickets: www. wegottickets. com/event/32344
Ahahaaha! So cool! Eins, zwei, drie! Eins, zwei, drie! Here comes the melody of Tom!
Man, we have to meet up! It's a must! I promise I am coming to the Crouch next week if you're around. We'll listen to some Yann Tiersen and drink red wine! xxx
Join us for another Big City Redneck Presents! Another wonderful eruption, nay, ejaculation of good music at the Buffalo Bar this month!
What can I say? We won’t disappoint.
Buffalo Bar June 19th £6 on the door… 8.30pm till they kick us out…
Mama Shamone – THESE GUYS AREN’T PLAYING LIVE (except one acoustic) EXCEPT AT GLASTO FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR! http://www. myspace. com/mamashamone “Put Mama Shamone on at any venue and they are likely to take the roof off, this was one of the best live shows I’ve seen in years - certainly one of the best in London. In my opinion these guys are destined for greatness, it felt like I was witnessing history being shaped-something was just so right about what they were doing up there.” Vibe Bar
We Yes You No www. myspace. com/weyesyouno “We Yes You No sing about the end of the world, the end of everything. But in an apocalypse that would sound like this I would buy god’s last EP” – Big City Redneck
Language http://www. myspace. com/languageuk “"The verbosity of funk, the poetic twang of intelligent pop. The bridge between Franz Ferdinand and Smashing Pumpkins perhaps" – Bugbear
obscurity of monty python ramblings translated into czech. made no sense? good : )
this wknd? likely intoxicating myself. as that seems to be the only purpose of my currentness. can't prob make your warped show. however much i'd love to. a party. or two. although...there is always a possibility. will discuss with her. still...pretty sure you have already ; )
think i must stop reading Hrabal. haven't czeched but...terrified that this all is just one uber long sentence!
mr Mayne, of this band the main...really don't remember Prilis Hlucna Samota being this utterly beautiful and heartbreaking when i read it in englishness. thank you muchly for lending it to me! also...are you alive? x
Thanks, I've made a note of the date of the Marc Riley session. Luckily we're back off holiday just before that date, especially after pestering him to get you in session. Mark
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