| The
Duvals have received some press attention in the UK and abroad... luckily it's
mostly encouraging, here's some... |
| Melody Maker: "The
Duvals have a pure love of old-fashioned rock - forget this technology bollocks" (Jan
000) |
Honk : "They
have got a clutch of songs that should endear them to the leather-jacketed cider-gluggers
among us"... ..."ten tracks of ragged, imperfectly formed, but undeniably
passionate rock songs"... (Oct 001) Honk website http://www.welshmusicfoundation.com |
"Loud, show and hook-laden pop-rock quintet"
(The Independent newspaper, gig preview, Jan
000) |
| Scootering : "If there's any
justice the hard working, hard gigging and sheer self belief will begin to reach fruition
for The Duvals, they've paid their dues, served their apprenticeship, now it's time to
reap the rewards". (interview feature). "Fired up
pop-punk par excellence" (Oct 001 alternative album of the month) |
RockFeedBack "It
all begins with the band onstage calling for Andrew to remove hiself from the bar so that
they can actually start". Visit reviews section of http://www.rockfeedback.com for the full
report by Toby L of The Bull and Gate gig (Kentish Town,
North London, Aug 000) |
| Get Rhythm : "The Duvals have been bubbling under for a
while now, and it would seem with just cause. The songs are pure power-pop and the vocals
are as distrinctive as Gedge". (Oct 001, review of Beauty) |
"The Jam's Eton Rifles" gets affectionate after a
smoking competition" (* * *) Melody Maker: on
"Capital Letters" (Dec 99) |
 Rock Sound, Jan 2002 issue:
"Take a good portion of Slade and Crazyhead; mix them together with Stiff
Little Fingers and season liberally with Motorhead. Voila! You have the
frighteningly-unhip (but clearly good) Duvals. They offer a true alternative to the
fashion-led US bratpack that you lot keep buying. This is rock'n'roll for those that care,
by people that are unafraid to atatempt their own DIY route. Friends, family and a
bustling underground pieced together this album. Singer Andrew has one of those
cigarette-stained voices thar rock stars used to have. The gravelly tones help him tell
tales of real things like broken dreams ("Lucy") and no regrets ("Miss
Aberavon Beach"). And you just know that their axe-man Howie is cutting rockstar
shapes with every chord. The Duvals have already succeeded by making this album, why don't
you make it a commercial success too."
website: http://www.rock-sound.net
|
"The
Duvals are a band aimed at anyone who loves great, passionate, energetic, raw and original
music". (Music Magazine website, May 000) |
South Wales Evening Post : "Reference
points would be early Manics, Slade and Ash, but this band are too thrilling for lazy
comparisons." (Sept 001, debut album of the week * * * * *) |
| "Thin
Lizzy playing at being Husker Du with the singer out of Irish punks Stiff Little Fingers
invited along. Melodic crunchiness" (Melody Maker review
of Punk City from Capital Letters, July 000) |
| Music 365 : "This
is a punk/pop/rock hybrid of music similar to Ash meets Motherhead (vocals) meets a tru
pop-rock group like The Manics" (Dec 99 - New Band Of The Week) |
| Land
Of Song website : The Duvals have their own page
website : http://www.landofsong.net/duvals/biog.shtml
|
| Scootering ...take the tried and tested power pop formula, add
a liberal splash of punk rock sensibilities and combine the result with a singer who was
probably weaned on eighty fags and a bottle of bourbon since birth for a near unique
variation on a them. Pop punk for the new millenium" (single of the
month, Feb 000) |
With thanks to
everybody else who have shown their support by writing something on the band, all very
much appreciated!
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