Fathers, hide your daughters - The Manvils are coming to town. Ripping all over the dance floor, with guitars crunched - a table leg for a guitar slide - a show like no other. Young hearts will break, and heads will turn. The Manvils’ live show is balls-to-the-wall rock ‘n’ roll, and if the new EP Strange Disaster is any indication, this band delivers as solid a punch in the studio as they do live.
Having just wrapped up their first North American tour, "Vancouver's premier hard-rock band" is on the road – again – and they’re more of a sonic tour de force than ever. With the winning addition of powerhouse drummer Jay Koenderman, this road-hardened quartet is earning a reputation as one of Canada’s most exciting rock ‘n’ roll bands.
After releasing two studio recordings – critically acclaimed debut Buried Love and recent EP Strange Disaster – The Manvils had a beer-flavoured taste of success in 2007. The band earned a starring role in the national Budweiser Guitar Maker commercial, and on the heels of their sudden popularity they hit the road with a vengeance. Manvil firepower smoked out New York, LA and Toronto three times this summer, and all points between. Stages shook, ears bled and crowds leapt to the sweet, stinging melody.
All that mileage has helped The Manvils to create that most elusive of rock phenomena: the buzz. The word is out about this band, and The Manvils have captured key slots with Stereophonics, They Might Be Giants, The Horrorpops, The Suicide Girls, Darediablo, The High Dials, and The Bellrays.One particularly memorable show saw The Manvils rock out with Anton Newcombe, frontman of Brian Jonestown Massacre.
Having risen to the top of the rock pile, The Manvils continue to sell out gig after gig with their unique blend of vintage blues and psychedelia, mixed with the bittersweet poetry of heartbreak.
Vancouver is full of amazing rock bands all of a sudden, and these guys are the dark horse...Buried Love deserves huge raves. I..m raving! The band has precious chemistry and the front man is ridiculous!
Music Editor Nerve Magazine 2006.
Manville..s staying power, along with his manic on-stage persona, has helped make his group a contender on the local indie-rock scene. That promise is embodied by The Manvils debut CD, Buried Love, the 10-track CD is an in-your-face boogie-blues blast with an old-school bend.
The Georgia Straight 2006.
Buried Love...was recorded in various sessions and is a hell of an album. The band fall somewhere between Kula Shaker and The Stooges and are cranking out some great stuff.
Chart Attack 2006.
Boasting a throwback 60..s blues attack that..s all swaggering licks and soaring, throaty wails, Buried Love is packed with the kind of self-assured strut rock that..s been shaking the dust loose from the roof beams of seedy, beer-by-the-glass house band joints across the country for decades and damned if it doesn..t sound like a good time.
Exclaim! 2006.
The street-level buzz on these guys grows every week, and the group showed why. Keep an eye on these guys - there..s a good reason everyone is talking.
The Georgia Straight 2006.
Not only did (The Manvils) have solid songs and a distinct sound - think Velvet Underground and Rolling Stones offset with a strong blues touch - they also boasted a great stage presence. Comparisons to the Kings of Leon and the Strokes aren't justified: the Manvils have stronger songwriting than the Kings of Leon and Mikey Manville's gritty vocal delivery and stage antics make him a more compelling front man than the Strokes' Julian Casablancas.
North Shore News 2006.
Girls were screaming, hands on face, giggling, jumping...dancing, throwing panties on the stage. It was like the second coming of Elvis or the Beatles. The whole band was in high form. Electric... The new messiah of rock..n..roll. What charisma. What style... The Second Coming...I have never seen a room filled with so many hot, sexy women and hot, sexy rock..n..roll as this one.
Nerve Magazine 2006.
The Manvils songs are featured on the CBC documentary film and television series, "Moscow Freestyle" which received a Humanity Award at the 2006 Red Shift Festival in New York City.
The Manvils were featured performing in a 2007 Budweiser Commercial which was played during the Superbowl, during The NHL Hockey Playoffs and extensively on North American Television.
In April of 2005 having only been together for 6 months, The Manvils opened at a House of Blues show for the UK based band Stereophonics to a sold out crowd in Vancouver. Stereophonics expressed great interest in taking the band on the road with them in the future.
In May 2005, Lead Guitarist Mark Parry was invited by Stereophonics front man; Kelly Jones to join Stereophonics as their second guitarist for their world tour.
The band appeared on the front page of the popular Canadian fashion/Music magazine ION in the April 2006 edition and guitarist Mark Parry was featured in the May 2006 edition.
In September of 2006, the band were awarded "Best of Vancouver 2006" by The Georgia Straight Newspaper.
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