Chew Lips
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Chew Lips | |
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drone, dance-punk | |
Years active | 2008–2014 |
Labels | Family |
Members | 'Tigs' (Alicia Huertas), James Watkins, Will Sanderson |
Website | www.chew-lips.com |
Chew Lips was an English dance-pop trio, formed in spring of 2008.[1] It consisted of singer 'Tigs' and multi-instrumentalists James Watkins and Will Sanderson [2]
Career
2008–2009: First steps
Formed in London as a three piece band in the summer of 2008, Huerta, Watkins and Sanderson armed themselves with a slew of electro-pop hooks and set about establishing Chew Lips as one of the most exciting new acts in the capital.
With Tigs developing into a charismatic whirlwind of a front woman who it was impossible to take your eyes off, Chew Lips increasingly compelling live performances grabbed the attention of uber-cool French label
Released in March 2009, "Solo" sold out almost instantly, causing a storm in the blogosphere and beyond, with
magazine labelling it "one of the most magnificent debuts of the year".2009–2010: Second Kitsuné single and Unicorn
A relentless schedule of touring followed into 2009 as Chew Lips honed their sound into a sleek, sophisticated beast.
Kitsuné released a second sold out single, "Salt Air" in July 2009 – NME called it "an addictive slice of heart-wrenching disco-pop" – before the band begun work in summer '09 on their full-length debut with
The fruits of their labour came with the self-released album Unicorn in January 2010, such a giant leap forward for their sound that they were confident enough to leave off both of the previous singles. It was easy to see why – in the likes of "Play Together", "Karen" and "Slick", they had outdone themselves. The press agreed: the BBC called it "startling", NME "mesmeric", whilst a 4/5 review in The Guardian said it "drags you straight in."
Another stretch of touring followed and by the time the European festival season came round, and after a successful appearance at
Other touring highlights include support slots with
Split
Huertas announced on Twitter in 2015 that she was now only writing material for other artists,[4] implying that Chew Lips had disbanded.
Discography
Studio albums
Album Details | Release Date | Label |
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Unicorn | 25 January 2010 | Family |
Singles and EPs
Release Details | Release Date | Label |
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Solo | January 2009 | Kitsuné
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Salt Air | 6 July 2009 | Kitsuné
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Play Together | 18 January 2010 | Family |
Karen | 28 March 2010 | Family |
Do You Chew? | 4 May 2012 | Sony |
Hurricane | 3 September 2012 | Sony |
Chew Lips remixing
- Bernard Sumner, Hot Chip and Hot City – Didn't Know What Love Was
- Party Horse – Lazer Beam
- Tape The Radio – Stay Inside
- Amanda Blank – Make It Take It
- Plastiscines – Barcelona
- The Brute Chorus – Heaven
Chew Lips remixes
Solo
- David E Sugar
- Tepr (Yelle)
Salt Air
- Alex Kapranos
- Dekker & Johan
- Jupiter
- Plastician
- Two Door Cinema Club
Play Together
- WaWa
Karen
- Analogue People in a Digital World
- Mark Otten
- Netsky
- We Are Enfant Terrible
Slick
Soundtracks and syncs
- Pretty Little Liars(US TV series)
- The Vampire Diaries (US TV series)
- MTV (Various)
- Paris Connections (UK film)
- Skins(UK TV series)
- Made in Chelsea (UK TV series)
Live appearances
UK highlights
- Glastonbury Festival
- The Great Escape Festival
- Wakestock
- Latitude Festival
- Lovebox Festival
- Secret Garden Party
- Truck Festival
- Kendal Calling
- Standon Calling
- Rip Curl Boardmasters Festival
- Jersey Live
- Bestival
United States
- SXSW
European festivals
- Electric Picnic
- London Calling Festival, the Netherlands
- Les InRocks Festival & Ground Zero Festival, France
- Dockville Festival, Germany
- Paredes de Coura Festival, Portugal
- Gjon Sports Dome, Spain
- Cupola Festival, Switzerland
- Summer Well Festival, Romania
- Bažant Pohoda Festival, Slovakia
- Off Festival gości Electronic Beats, Poland
Press
Unicorn
- "4/5 – an accomplished first offering" – Q
- "4/5 – sharp-edged, sharp-witted electro rock...success looks like an open goal" – Mojo
- "4/5 – a spine tinglingly awesome debut" – Time Out
- "4.5/5 – it deserves to be massive...make it so" – The Fly
- "4/5 – brilliant...a record that gets better over time" – MusicOMH
- "4/5 – Synth heaven!" New!
- "Beautiful...clattering electronic pop with big melodies" – The Independent
- "Wistful, discoid confections... like Blondie backed by Simian Mobile Disco" – The Observer
- "A band to look out for this year… absolutely superb" – Sunday Mail
- "Our new favourite" – NME
- "An utterly peerless work; ten tracks to completely lose yourself in" – NME.com[5]
- "Catchy electro tunes...you'll love 'em" – Grazia
- "Unicorn is that rarest of things; a record imbued with genuine talent and emotion which wipes the floor with the majority of its makers' contemporaries... quite startling" – BBC
- "Chew Lips confidently reveal their crossover potential... the rhythms are edgy and the songwriting is something you can really get your teeth into" – Metro
- "Chew Lips' blending of electronic punk ala 'Yeah Yeah Yeahs go 8-bit' is so infective it's dangerous" – Super Super
References
- ^ "Q Radio – Chew Lips introduction page". Ash Meikle, Q. Archived from the original on 20 July 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ^ Paul Lester. "The Guardian – New band of the day". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ^ "Pitchfork – Chew Lips 'Solo' Review". Jonathan Garrett, Pitchfork. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ^ @tiggington (24 November 2015). "i write for other artists now!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "NME.com – 'Unicorn' First Listen". Camilla Pia, NME. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
External links
- Official website
- Chew Lips's channel on YouTube