We Be Naked

We Be Naked

What if Lou Reed was born a girl, long after the"Velvet Underground" and formed a band with 3 nice young men who all liked the Ramones and bands like Sonic Youth and the Pixies. Together, they might have sounded just like "We Be Naked"….

The old Vox amp that singer/songwriter Marloes van Asselt uses, may make you think that "We Be Naked" is a retro band. And yes, her strong songwriting skills do refer to the likes of Bob Dylan and indeed Lou... Meer »

We Be Naked

What if Lou Reed was born a girl, long after the"Velvet Underground" and formed a band with 3 nice young men who all liked the Ramones and bands like Sonic Youth and the Pixies. Together, they might have sounded just like "We Be Naked"….

The old Vox amp that singer/songwriter Marloes van Asselt uses, may make you think that "We Be Naked" is a retro band. And yes, her strong songwriting skills do refer to the likes of Bob Dylan and indeed Lou Reed, to name just two. But what with that incomprehensible hippy name?

Look and even more so listen beyond all that, and you'll realise that "We Be Naked", even though they may have their roots in the 60, were all born in the 70s, and had to spend their teens in the misery that was the 80s with the bombastic drums, synths and Paul Young's 'common people' ... and did mature in the 90s, when rock regained its power. And what better soil to grow a new band than that of a world alleged to be in a state of crisis?

We Be Naked is a band of 4 solid characters from Amsterdam, with a velvet angst that produces songs in which true rock'n'roll will pay off... well, not financially, not philosophically and possibly not even sexually. So.. how? By putting all their energy in recordings and live performances like caterpillars that stock up on energy so much that a butterfly has enough to fly for a lifetime.

"We Be Naked" was formed in February 2008, and during the summer of that same year recorded their first EP, "We Are City Ghosts" in Studio De Slapende Hond in Amsterdam. "We Be Naked" toured the UK in october 2008 and September 2009 and played gigs in such venues as Vera/Groningen, Paradiso/Amsterdam, Pacific Parc/Amsterdam and Dance Valley, one of the biggest festivals in Europe. They recorded their debut album 'You Must Be Art' in the winter of 2009, which will be released on "Dying Giraffe Records" in November 2010.

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