"Yummy, vibrant, delightful."
Julianne Regan, All About Eve
"A very good band, highly tipped for the top."
Natasha's Bat Cave, totalrock.com
"A unique and addictive band."
Kaleidoscope Magazine
"Karmadeva are distinctive, original and dangerously good"
MercuryMoon Magazine
A cool, unforgiving urgency combines with post punk – though funkier than that usually dares to be – to create the unique sound of KarmaDeva.
KD are fronted by the enigmatic and unpredictable JJ Stanness, whose prom dress-and-bunches sweetness are streaked with a darkness betraying her former life as a mordantly satirical writer. Fans have likened her voice to Patti Smith and whilst they share a smokily compelling penetration, JJ reveals her individuality with seductive, soaring and at times touchingly vulnerable vocals.
KarmaDeva have exploded onto the UK scene, their powerful stage presence captivating audiences, drawing them into the excitement and dark poetic melancholy of their songs. This is a band with real depth and resonance, whose vivid and lyrical imagery of love, longing and redemption seduce your consciousness, hook you in, and take up residence.
Under the leadership of core members singer-songwriter JJ Stanness , bassist Pete Stanness and drummer Gav Loynes the current live line up is completed by guitarist Ed Parker
They have shared the stage with an eclectic mix of bands including The Avengers, Ten Years After, Lena Lovich, Echobelly, In The Nursery, Caravan, The Damned, and the legendary Arthur Lee and Love.
A limited edition vinyl single of the title track off their forthcoming album “FEED YOUR SOUL†will be released in Germany, Austria & Switzerland and available as a worldwide download on May 30th 2008. The Album, recorded in part at Real World, Peter Gabriels recording studios in the UK, will be released in Germany, Austria & Switzerland on August 16th 2008.
Distinctive and wonderfully original they are currently sweeping across the country like a brooding electric storm full of grace and power.
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