Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby
"Two-Way Family Favourites"
Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby are a two-piece rock and roll group who have individually been making distinctive and original music for decades: he a British iconoclast and wild-card survivor of the early Stiff Records, she as a long-standing heroine of the New York pop scene. Their 2008 debut album “Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby” and their live show have enjoyed rapturous critical acclaim in the US, UK & Europe. Now they're back with "Two-Way Family Favourites," a shimmering collection of songs written by other artists - to be released June 1 on their own Southern Domestic Recordings label and supported with an American tour.
"When we started playing together, we hoped to get work as a covers band playing in bars in France - but when people heard our version of playing covers they were confused. So we knew we were on to something."
Wreckless Eric recorded the legendary single “Whole Wide World” back in 1977. Since then he has made countless albums in different guises, moving between bubblegum, pop, grunge, psychedelia and techno, but always remaining true to the DIY spirit of his early days on Stiff.
Amy Rigby started a country band in eighties New York City, went on to form girl group The Shams, and began her solo career in 1996 with the US hit album "Diary Of A Mod Housewife". Her five solo albums embrace pop, country, folk-rock, psychedelia and the indefinable.
With "Two-Way Family Favourites" the duo continue to develop their warped, harmony-rich sound. There are no other musicians involved - Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby accompany themselves with electric and acoustic guitars, bass guitar, keyboards and percussion.
"...their loopy, layered approach, keenly turning conventional boy/girl pop-group convention on ear, sinks in deep." UNCUT
"The static-riddled spiritedness highlights their individual quirks as well as the easy chemistry between the pair." Pitchfork
"...an avant-garde Johnny and June." Houston Press
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Press for "Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby"
“A triumph of an album.” MOJO
“ It was warm, it was funny, it was sharp, it was intense...and very possibly one of the best gigs I've been to in recent years.” Word Magazine
“ ...like golden honey poured over a battered old tube amp.” Los Angeles Times
“ ...charming, funny, harmony-rich rock-and-roll sprinkled with rollicking Tex-Mex keyboards, fuzzy garage-rock, and Mott the Hoople allusions.” Philadelphia Inquirer
“ ...a set of noisy, unconventional pop songs that capture both Eric's wry experimentalism and Rigby's gift for harmony. An avant-garde Johnny and June.” Houston Press
“… the underground royal couple's self-titled debut CD…is a charming homespun marvel which yield bevies of mood shifts and sonic surprises.” SF Chronicle
“ ...a winning combination of sugar-sweet hooks, buzzing atmospherics and appealingly off-kilter harmonies that give off nothing but love.” Nashville Scene
“ ...a singular, fascinating and - thankfully - wayward album.” Rock n Reel
“ The show was pretty much an exercise in presenting what can only be considered as total entertainment. You simply don’t see an act of this width and depth every day of the week.” The Next Big Thing
“ Staggering” Der Speigel
“ ...two certified eccentrics conjure up a collection filled with eerie atmospherics, limber arrangements and rambling, gently cushioned melodies.” Performing Songwriter
“ ...amped-up front-porch feel with what happens to be a big handful of great songs. The couple each switched effectively from acoustic to electric to bass to keyboards, from lead to rhythm, from frontperson to accompanist.” Idolator
“ What fine songs these are! Personal and self-revelatory, yet also sparkling with evocatively imagist and descriptive detail, each original composition is a standout. You can hear the strength each gives the other.” Blurt Online
“ Has there ever been a rock 'n' roll couple quite like Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby? These wisecracking, worldly and wise newlyweds are something like a cult-level version of Ray Davies and Chrissie Hynde.” Cleveland Free Times
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