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The Heavy

The Heavy formed in Bath, England around 2007, with Kelvin Swaby on vocals, Dan Taylor on guitar, Chris Ellul on bass, and Rob Knaggs on drums. They put out...

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The Heavy, a British band with soul and grit.

A Bath group that blends blues, rock, and a slow-burn groove.

For a quick sense of their thing, try 'Short Change Hero' or 'Same Ol''. Both have that steady, unfussy feel they do well.

They've got a sound that sticks around, partly because songs like 'Short Change Hero' ended up in TV shows and video games. It's not just background music, that track has a real weight to it, with Kelvin Swaby's voice carrying a kind of worn-in authority. You can hear it again on 'How You Like Me Now?' or 'What Makes a Good Man?', where the soul influences meet a rock backbone.

They formed around 2007 in Bath and put out their debut 'Great Vengeance and Furious Fire' in 2009. After that, albums like 'The House That Dirt Built' and 'Hurt & The Merciless' kept the groove going, even as the lineup shifted a bit with Tom Hodgson joining on bass. They're still at it, with 'Sons' arriving in 2019.

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The Heavy formed in Bath, England around 2007, with Kelvin Swaby on vocals, Dan Taylor on guitar, Chris Ellul on bass, and Rob Knaggs on drums. They put out their debut album 'Great Vengeance and Furious Fire' in 2009, and the track 'Short Change Hero' from that record got some real traction. It's the kind of song that shows up in TV shows and video games, with a slow-burn groove and Swaby's gritty delivery.

They followed that with albums like 'The House That Dirt Built' in 2012 and 'Hurt & The Merciless' in 2016. Their sound pulls from soul and blues, but there's a rock weight to it, heard on songs like 'How You Like Me Now?' and 'What Makes a Good Man?'. The lineup shifted a bit later on, with Tom Hodgson taking over on bass after Chris Ellul left the group.

They've kept at it, putting out 'Sons' in 2019. You can hear their thing on tracks like 'Same Ol'' or 'Colleen', it's not fussy, just a solid groove and a voice that sounds like it's seen a few things.

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