Chew Lips perfect their bleeps and blips
In addition to glossing over what happened backstage at this year’s Bestival, Super Sweet Magazine promises an upcoming story on “Chew Lips and their sexual party tricks.” Though Chew Lips fans may have to wait for that juicy tidbit to be web published, there is still much to be had online from the band – including remixes of and videos for their singles “Solo” and “Salt Air.”
The trio – Tigs, Will and James – have wasted no time making their way to the top tier of the indie electro pop scene. They’ve been noted by a number of big name magazines and websites for their creative sound and for Tigs’ powerful singing voice – and Chew Lips have been especially praised for their high energy live performances.
Music writer Hazel Sheffield says of the band: “Chew Lips formed a little less than a year ago from the ashes of various rock and indie bands…. Will and James then worked on perfecting the kind of wonky bleeps and blips that would be just as much at home on an Eddie and Sunshine demo from 1981 as they would on a Metronomy or Hot Chip record from last year. Meanwhile the striking, diminutive figure of Tigs transforms minimal, lo-fi electronic into compact pop songs with the help of her distinctive, soulful vocals.”
Indeed, the band’s sound is almost indescribable in that it is sounds so
familiar, yet like nothing you’ve heard before. Tigs describes the band’s instrumental setup for NME: “A couple of micro-Korgs, a
couple of really old school Casios – the kind people used to collect up tokens for – a bass guitar, a laptop and a drum machine.”
