Simian : Never Be Alone
OK, the artwork of their last album 'Chemistry Is What We Are' might have suggested that they spent their spare time welding goats to dogs, but psychedelic loners Simian never seemed dangerous . Until now. See, Simian , like the average...
Simian : London Bethnal Green Working Men's Club
It's like walking on to the set of 'Phoenix Nights'. Amidst the pints of mild, soggy bunting and flat caps, arch pop alchemists Simian are showcasing their forthcoming second album 'We Are Your Friends'. One wag even suggests that, in homage to a...
Simian : Mr Crow
Sure, the only way the drowsily psychedelic Simian are going to set the world alight is by smoking in bed but still, ‘Mr Crow' is loveably twee. Sprouting like a Sgt Pepper moustache, this "traditional song" is overgrown with flowery vocals,...
Simian : One Dimension
Beautiful and twisted psychedelic pop brewed by young monkeys with full access to the Beach Boys and Pink Floyd back catalogues. If Britney's your brain down the Christian disco, then this is your brain on acid, in the 1960s. It's a good place to...
Simian : Chemistry Is What We Are
Fans of the Beach Boys' melodious sway - particularly the eerie 'Smiley Smile' -and psychedelic drugs must apply here. These are plainly the primary influences on Simian's debut album. The result is as spookily delightful as that implies....
Simian : The Wisp EP
Though it is easy, enjoyable and rewarding to view Simian's trustafarian musical venture with flint-eyed suspicion, you have to admire a band whose media campaign involves dressing up as, and adopting the vernacular of, Victorian gentleman and...
Simian : Watch It Glow
They didn't quite make it into NME 's recent Top 20 of the most-influential artists, but there's no doubt that The Beta Band will figure highly in a decade's time. This year alone, Noel Gallagher claimed they changed the way he wrote, and you can...
London E14 Trinity Buoy Wharf Boiler Room
Blame The Beta Band . They make this whole sprawling electrovacoustic psychedelia business look easy. That they do so with tunes and charisma too is a clear indication of how much Simian , the latest in a recent rash of bands severely indebted...
