BEST ALBUM OF THE MONTH – AUGUST 2025
30 August 2025
Band: THE NEW EVES
Who: Must hear/see indies from Brighton (where everybody is in a band).
They cruise from folk to punk, using, besides traditional instruments (guitar,
bass and drums) also cello, flute, violin and other classical gear.
I saw them performing in Brussels 2 years
ago. It was a sterling, ear-and-eye spectacle.
Photo by Turn Up The Volume
Album: THE NEW EVE IS RISING.
Their debut.
NME said: “The Brighton band are unconcerned by modern trends, building
their own singular free-spirited world where they make the rules. You won’t
find a hint of jittery post-punk or cavernous stomp-clap pop on the band’s
debut album.
A record that instead mines the unpredictable free-spiritedness of freak folk,
the loose, louche nature of rock’n’roll and the no-rules attitude of punk.”
TUTV: Eccentricity is the new normal. Poetic, medieval music is among us.
The New Eves are something special, really special. Next to drum/bass/guitar
they use more untraditional instruments such as cello, flute, violin and other
classical music gear.
At their core, musically, they’re a folk punk rock band, an outlandish one, that is.
One of those that play gloriously out of tune at times, enthuse up with splendacious chants and have your bewildering attention for the full 40 baffling minutes. One of
the most innovative records of the year. Hands down.
Singles: Highway Man / Rivers Run Red / The New Eve / Cow Song
– HIGHWAY MAN –
Modern-day punk cry out.
– THE NEW EVE –
Cacophonic spiritual.
– RIVERS RUN RED –
Wayward flute-guitar-drum hypnotizer.
– COW SONG –
Moo-tastic.
ALBUM
