The Manvils

BIOGRAPHY:

Two years ago, four unique talents full of swagger, sweat and irrepressible charm burst onto the scene. Featuring an unpredictable, intense and unrivaled live show, The Manvils, have finally arrived!

The band recorded their much anticipated first full length album,..Buried Love.. in late 2005. The critically acclaimed record is 45 minutes of soul-bearing rock..n..rock, and inspired guitar licks that will get you out of your seat, grooving to the rhythm and shaking the dust off your shit-kicking boots.

The Manvils have managed to create a buzz, which has found them capturing key slots with UK number 1 sellers Stereophonics, They Might Be Giants, The Horrorpops, The Suicide Girls, Darediablo, The High Dials, and The Bellrays, as well as having shared the stage with Brian Jonestown Massacre front man Anton Newcombe. The band has risen to the top of their league, continually selling out gigs with their unique blues-heavy 60..s sound, offset by psychedelic flirtations and the bittersweet poetry of heartbreak.

The Manvils will defy you to take your eyes and ears off them!

WHAT THE PRESS HAVE TO SAY:

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!

LIVE REVIEWS:

he 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

Openers for Stereophonics. 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 2005

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

NOTABLE MENTIONS:

In May of 2005 having only been together for 6 months, The Manvils opened 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.

Shortly after this show, 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 the "Best Vancouver Band 2006" by The Georgia Straight Newspaper.

The Songs Between The Lashes & The Pretty Bleed have been regularly played on the radio in Canada and the U.S.A

The Manvils songs are featured on the CBC documentary film, "Moscow Freestyle" which received a Humanity Award at the 2006 Red Shift Festival in New York.

The Manvils were featured performing in the 2007 'Guitar Builder' Budweiser Commercial which was played during the Superbowl, during The NHL Hockey Playoffs and countless times on North American Television.

Canada, U.S.A, U.K, Europe, Japan, Australia etc.

60's Psychadelic Rock, The Velvet Underground, Yardbirds, Beatles, Stones, Love, Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Who, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, the kinks, the who, the yardbirds, early rolling stones (brian jones era), free, kula shaker, dead meadow, the outcrowd, the Vapors, syd barrett, merton parkas, black rebel motorcyle club, pink floyd, small faces, the jam, the doors, jesus and mary chain, johnny cash, the byrds, the strokes, led zeppelin, jimi hendrix experience, super furry animals, the small faces, the black keys, ordinary boys, arctic monkeys, blues explosion, oasis, t-rex, bob dylan, the clash, the morning after girls, the warlocks, spiritualized, love, spacemen 3, paul weller, the chords, the animals, purple hearts, the lambrettas, ocean color scene, kasabian etc