22.01.06 JARVIS HUMBY
No-holds-barred, hammond-driven garage/beat quartet.
Having played throughout the UK and built up a loyal following they released their first single with Detour Records that became the labels top seller. A full-length album on Acid Jazz Records soon followed in April 2004, along with more appearances on compilation albums & a four track vinyl EP that has just been released and immediately got heavy airplay on Little Steven's Underground Garage nationwide radio show, earning the honour of having THREE tracks chosen as 'Coolest Song In The World This Week' by The Man Himself?an accolade not generally bestowed more than once.
The heavily praised album was released in the USA on Hard Soul Records, and Jarvis Humby toured West Coast America in February of ?05.
Press Reviews
Assume the Position Its...Jarvis Humby
New City Chicago
Hundreds of bands try to do the same thing as Jarvis Humby: soul-soaked, British-invasion style rock `n' roll...Unlike most of those other bands, Jarvis Humby hits every note on all cylinders....Go ahead and move a little, if it helps (it helps me), to the organ-bass interplay of "Oh Baby (I Believe I'm Losing You)."And even non-users might be compelled to spark one to the crackling guitars of "These Eyes." Easily the best record I've heard in six months.
((Five Stars)) Assume the Position It's...Jarvis Humby
rocknworld.com (Gary Schwind)
...Let?s play a little word association. I?ll say a phrase, you say the first thing that comes to your mind. Don?t worry. Nobody?s watching you. All right. Ready? Garage rock. What did you say? The White Stripes? The Strokes? The Vines? Well, forget about all of those bands because Jarvis Humby is better than the lot of them....
Assume the Position Its...Jarvis Humby
LA Alternative Press
...full of chunky guitar hooks, swinging horns and incredibly catchy rythms that dare you to stand still...
Assume the Position Its...Jarvis Humby
High Bias
The young men in this British quartet must have had hip parents, because they take the listener on a tour of various 60s garage rock styles that were old when these blokes were born. The group serves up dirty white boy R&B ("Black Cat," "Oh Baby [I Believe I'm Losing You]"), melodic folk rock ("These Eyes," not the Guess Who song), psychedelic pop ("99 Steps to the Sun," "Let Me Take You There"), groovy instrumentals ("The 4th Man," "Badger") and, of course, no-frills rock & roll ("Formaldehyde," "Ain't No Friend of Mine," "We Say Yeah!"). Sure, this has been done before by a gazillion different bands, but Jarvis Humby stands out by virtue of its solid-to-great songs and the obvious glee it takes in performing them.
Assume the Position Its...Jarvis Humby
The Rock and Roll Report
Jarvis Humby and their CD "Assume the Position It's" are a great contemporary garage band who evoke images to me not just of the Kinks and Spencer Davis Group but of Northern Soul as well with great modern production tossed in. A great band and a fun listen that will have you pinning for the Carnaby Street of old in no time. Really great stuff.