“I am a huge fan of their playing and musicality.”Cerys Matthews, BBC Radio 6.
“There is definitely a correlation between CHEWY SHE and David Bowie By being an artist that keeps pushing herself, exploring, testing, and learning different forms of art. ” Cerys Matthews, BBC Radio 6.
“To me, it’s more of a performance art piece with banging tunes mixed in.'“ LOUD WOMN review
" weird and wonderful " Jess Iszatt, BBC London
WHO
Trash-electric-disco outfit CHEWY SHE just released their Debut EP “ Run after boyz”.
The wonky carnival that is CHEWY SHE is a Lynchian utopia, which radiates innocence despite its absurdist critiques of the modern world.
This spirit is best expressed at their live shows, which feature exuberant costumes, supreme musicianship, and the initiation of all present into the darkly ironical, theatrical, and immersive universe of CHEWY SHE.
CHEWY SHE has featured on BBC Radio 6 playing a live session at Maida Vale For Cerys Matthews, sold out twice their show the Moth Popera, performed on stage with Mathieu Boogaerts, and supported space-psych band Henge on their UK tour.
the MOTH POPERA?
With the reckless spirit of punk combined with a disco groove, this piece of avant-garde musical theatre is an existential fairytale about human insects on a spiritual quest.
A feminist search for mind-blowing sex without emotional ties, questioning the social norms around relationships, embracing the surreal, while acknowledging the fundamental human need for love. A show for all the sex-positive men and womxn of today who follow their own desires, f*ck the patriarchy, and look for their own ecstasy.
It’s a winding journey that is made with good companions of humor, poignancy, impeccable timing, and some incredible costumes.
The critically-acclaimed band is on stage throughout, and the barriers between audience and performer are broken down by the expert manipulations of the Queen Moth herself, ably assisted by her rampant, inhibition-free dancers, and the philosophical questionings from the Formless Form - a voice from beyond. The show is brought together by a team of female, queer,and queer-friendly creatives, giving a platform to supreme musicianship, physical theatre, deliberately awkward comedy, and innovative visuals. The result is a show which will titillate even the most impenetrable soul - to laugh, to dance, to question, to share, and perhaps even be a little aroused.
HOW IT ALL BEGAN
The band’s formation began auspiciously, with a premonition, as told by bandleader CHEWY:
“I had a dream that I was in David Lynch club and he said to me ‘I’ve got something for you...’ Incredibly frustratingly, I woke up before he could tell me. The very next day, I was in a car with a couple of friends who told me they would be playing at David Lynch‘s club a few weeks later, and needed an opening act...”
This uncanny synchronicity proved the inspiration for a new and electrifying musical shift – away from the 25-piece orchestral arrangements of CHEWY old eccentric folk ensemble ‘Garance and The Mitochondries” and towards something darker and more compelling.