Fvzz Popvli Sign to Heavy Psych Sounds
Coming off the release of last year’s III (review here) through RetroVox Records, Italian riffchuckers Fvzz Popvli have signed to Heavy Psych Sounds for the release of their fourth album, which will be up for preorder next week. The details of the release are held back from this announcement, as is the wont of Heavy Psych Sounds — and when you’re the planet’s foremost heavy imprint, you can do that kind of thing — but those and the first streaming track will be out next Thursday too. All that’s happening here is the signing, which itself is plenty, and word of the new record existing.
So good for Fvzz Popvli. They’ve very much felt like a HPS band without actually releasing through the label — their management is closely associated, too — and while I wouldn’t say this is a surprise, it will surely help the band’s raw, punkish distortion reach new ears, and that’s probably a good thing for all involved. Surely the band will have European tour dates as well. I’ll do my best to keep up.
But ahead of all of that, this from the PR wire:
Heavy Psych Sounds Records to announce the Italian garage rock wizards FVZZ POPVLI coming back with a brand new album !!!
NEW ALBUM PRESALE + FIRST TRACK PREMIERE – NOVEMBER 14th
SAYS THE BAND
“We are stoked to announce that we just signed an agreement for our fourth upcoming studio album, and the third release with Heavy Psych Sounds Records. Is good to be back!”
BIOGRAPHY
Founded in Rome by Pootchie and Datio in A.D. MMXVI, the idea was to build a powertrio with a direct and rough way to deliver heavy fuzzy riffs. Their sound melts Black Sabbath-style heavy riffs with the roughest garagepunk bands attitude -like The Stooges-, adding the psychedelia from the 70’s to create their own style!
The band released and promoted an “EP” in May 2017, with a promotional tour in Italy, Switzerland and Germany. In June 2017 they became a part of Heavy Psych Sounds Records (Bongzilla, Pentagram, Brant Bjork, Nick Olivieri, Fatso Jetson, Yawning Man, Nebula, Giöbia, Duel, Black Rainbows.) roster to promote their 1st album “FVZZ DEI”. Released in September 2017, the album has brought the band on more than 70 european stages in 8 countries, giving them the chance to play in the mysterious DUNA JAM. In June 2018 the band recorded their 2nd album “MAGNA FVZZ”, which has been released in October 2018 followed by a 75 gigs european tour, with highlights in festivals like HPS Fest, Le Grand Incendie, Gouha, Berlin Swamp Fest and Tabernas Desert Rock Festival. In 2019 the band signed with the indie r’n’r label RETROVOX to release their 3rd studio album named FVZZ POPVLI III in March the 3rd 2023, then Datio left the the band, III was supported by 4 long tour legs across Europe in the name of Punk Rock.
Fvzz Popvli, among others, shared the stage with: White Hills, Black Rainbows, Naxatras, Giöbia, Ufomammut, Karma To Burn, Rotor, Zodiac, DYSE, Powder for Pigeons, Lili Refrain, El Perro, Hypnos, The Tazers, Mars Red Sky, Mother Engine, The Midnight Ghost Train and much more. In November 2024 the band signed again an agreement with Heavy Psych Sounds, to release a new album on Q1 2025.
FVZZ POPVLI is
Pootchie – Guitar and Voice
Alex – Bass
George – Drums
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