Cliche Cliche (keyboards, vocals, tom drum, tamborine, drum machine, bass), The Worm(bass, vocals, tom drum, mouth organ, drum machine, keyboard, tapes, bull terrier barking)
Influences
Throbbing Gristle, Chrome, Silver Apples, Moolah.
Sounds Like
being stuck down a well and finding you quite like it down there... maybe making some friends with the wild life and embracing the comfort of a dark hole, speckled in fragments of sun light...
Naked On The Vague fell into existence in early 2005 with a found organ, a broken bass, a borrowed drum, and some old doom poetry...
Naked On The Vague is a two-piece girl-boyact from Sydney Australia. Lucy & Matthew. As Gothic bar brawlers N.O.T.V create a monotonous stern melancholy…
RELEASES OUT NOW!
‘POLTERGEIST PALM’ 7"Skulltones
Released May 2008
"Naked On The Vague is also battin 1000% & on this 7" for Skulltones, their patented brand of Apocalyptic melancholia fever is runnin at a fever pitch. The A side cracks & peels behind a 'Discipline' styled drum beat while Matthew & Lucy's vocal trade off's resemble the malaise akin to once upon a time Lee & Nancy ( aka, the original Chris & Cosey) recounting a night at Spahn Ranch, where they was sick from the tofu roasted over a kerosene bonfire & exasperated by the results of a Family hootenanny. The flip finds our hero's not a little wrecked from the copious amounts of Fromme procured dirt-cheeb they'd inhaled & who knows, maybe it'd even been 'dusted' w/LOVE by Charlie himself. It's a wild world babe, that's alls I can say." Roland Seward Woodbe- Siltblog
“Sydney duo NOTV are the real post-punk, sidestepping asymmetrical haircuts and U2 influences to explore the darker fissures of no wave and angular noise. But it's not all dour posing as the occasional cheesy Casop beat or nifty bass line breaks through the gloom, and in this light Lonely Boys is practically a pop hit”. Guy Blackman Dazed & Confused (Aus/NZ)
“The Blood Pressure Sessions is certainly an impressive debut album offering from NOTV that shows the duo using the broader canvas afforded them to expand considerably upon the possibilities hinted at on their preceding EP and 7” releases, and one that's likely to further their cred with both indie fans and 'experimental' / noise heads alike”. Chris Downton- Cyclic Defrost
You can buy our debut album ‘The Blood Pressure Sessions’ on VINYL (out late Feb 2008 Siltbreeze) from
Midheaven Mailorder or on CD (out now on Dual Plover) from Dual Plover
‘SAD SUN’ E.P (..http://sbbtcl.com/sbbtcl/>Sabbatical)
Released August 2007
”Naked On The Vague are thrillingly deep in a woods all their own on Sad Sun – a new EP on rising Melbourne label, Sabbatical Records. No one in the country makes claim to as spectrally macabre or chilly territory as this eerie Sydney duo right now, whose sound has moved from bracing synth punk (see DualPlover debut 7") to a full-blown Gothic expression of cosmic dread on this, only their second release. Atmosphere is all-important here; a subtle attitude of awed listening persists as if for the scratching of unknown, outside shapes at the universe's outmost, darkest rim” Mark Gomes- Three Thousand.com
You can buy our ‘Sad Sun’ CD (Sabbatical) from
Sabbatical
‘Naked On The Vague S/T 7 inch’ Dual Plover
“One of my favorite 7"ers thus far has been this debut from an Oz duo what's called Naked On The Vague. Utilizing mainly rickety keys,fuzz bass & percussive splat as a backdrop-not to mention the to 'n fro vocals- Lucy Cliche & Matthew Hopkins really excell at conjurin up a Wicked Witch Of The West version of Times New Viking. Or how about an Emerald City Cabaret Voltaire? 'Do The Mussolini' indeed! They's even took marker's to sleeve for authentic DIY enhancement. This one's been gettin alot've play” Tom Lax- Siltblog
“Sydney based duo with keys, female vocals, bass and drumbox. Unlike some groups with a line-up like this, they stay away from beats and focus on No Wave (or perhaps, 'little band' harshness. Very stark in a black and white kind of way, and really quite hep" Bryon Coley- The Wire
LIVE at SAN FRANCISCO house partee November 2005
Thanks to Kevin Brown
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hey matthew.. sweet yeah youre playing the show on the 18th also, cool. Glad the gauntlet tape got 2 you OK. Awesome re staying at the barn, will talk soon dude!!!
I hear you guys might be staying a bit longer. Return show for xNoBBQx involved 7 and a loss of $100 to pay for the venue. A few days later a random punter gave SSS $100 to stop playing. The joy of Sydney
Hey, NotV! I've just been in Sydney. Picked up a shiny new copy of The Blood Pressure Sessions from Paint it Black. Any plans to come to Canberra in the near future? Love to you. ^__^
Saturday 5/3's show felt a kinship of bands, and it was equal parts righteous/charming sharing the bay area with you and briefly running into in LA. hope the couch cushions were a comfy realm & good luck fucking SKULLING it across the rest o tour. see you in Sydney someday.
hey guys, saw you perform about four years ago (back when you were playing the bannana hehe, maybe the bannana stayed?) Really enjoyed it. Hope thing have been going well since then. Keep it up!
