"keep your head down and play the role..."
This Glasgow based psych rock outfit, Quiche, have members with origins in Spain, the U.S.A and Scotland. Their track, "I'll Never Know", a galloping heavy rock and roll attack with magical axes has a classic rock heart with a vocal aesthetic imbued with wonderment for days propelled by a ferocious rhythm section. When the feral drumming switches things up at around 2 and a half minutes in, turning into a wild sort of rushed off beat-on shuffle, as the worldly staccato lead lines blaze along, it sort of feels like a Greek Zorba dance on copious amounts of vodka and Redbulls. It is an amazing diversion and reminds me that rock, after all, is a universal bad ass world language. The song snaps back into a galloping full charge eruption feeling classic but with punk bones too, like a collision of Thee Oh Sees, Black Sabbath and Nazareth. If this doesn't make you smile you just might be dead.
-Robb Donker Curtius
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Hailing from Spain, U.S.A and Scotland, Quiche converged in Glasgow, cooking up their own distinct brand of adventurous Psychedelic Pop-Rock. Quiche bare their souls with their harmoniously textured, hopelessly romantic and dreamy music. Much of 2019 was spent honing their electrifying live experience with shows, festivals and showcases (notably XpoNorth, Belladrum Tartan Heart, Eden Festival, Tenement Trail) and spreading their reach nationally (Tenement TV Discover Tour, Catholic Action UK tour support). They wrapped up the year teaming up with producer Chris McRory to record the ‘Cardboard Sunset’ EP, releasing first single ‘Grey Matter’ via First Run Records to great critical and public acclaim, including Tenement TV’s “Top 50 Tracks of the Year” and earning editorial favour with Spotify, featuring on “Hot New Bands”, “Scotify” and “Our Generation” playlists.
Quiche maintained their forward trajectory rolling into 2020, having been tipped by BBC Scotland DJ Vic Galloway as one of his “25 Scottish Artists to Watch in 2020”. The release of Carboard Sunset fed the building excitement around the band with single ‘Dazed’ selected as BBC Scotland’s Afternoon Show Single of the Week. Not to be deterred by national lockdown, Quiche released ‘Rat Habits’ in May 2020, a psych-pop doo-wop single showcasing the bands dynamic song writing and sonic versatility. This earned Single of the Week honours from BBC Rapal and national airplay. Loaded with new material, Quiche are aiming to push further into the hearts and minds of the public with a run of new tracks coming in 2020.
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