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Rev Rev Rev is an Italian shoegaze and neo-psychedelic band formed in Emilia between Modena and Bologna in 2012.

Biography
Their debut single "Catching a buzz", released in October 2014 with WinWin Records (created by former One Little Indian head of press Tones Sanson), has been featured on Steve Lamacq's show on BBC 6 Radio and premiered on Clash Music. eponymous debut album (self released, 2013), was hailed at by the critics as one of the best self released albums in Italian indie rock and was followed by a string of singles and a couple of european tours hitting UK, France, Germany, Belgium, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Austria, Switzerland and Italy. After a few more years of playing shows, shuffling around members before finally settling on Andrea Dall'Omo (bass) and Greta Benatti (drums). Their sophomore album "Des Fleurs Magiques Bourdonnaient" was first released in February 2016 by Canadian label Northern Light Records and American label Custom Made Music in February 2016 in a limited edition print and quickly soldout. In May 2016 the album was reprinted by US label Neon Sigh (The Telescopes, Ringo Deathstarr). The album was included among the best of 2016 by main genre blogs and webzines like Sounds Better With Reverb, Decay FM Radio , Shoegazer Alive , TBTCI , Primal Music ).

Style
The band has been described by Bandcamp Daily as "one of Europe’s finest ’gazer bands of the last decade". Clash Music described them as "...inspiring, searing music, it's shot through with Eastern tinged drones and ear-bleeding noise", while Drowned In Sound points out some of their main influences: “Straddling the fine line between My Bloody Valentine's effervescent beauty and the sonic belligerence of A Place To Bury Strangers”. Narc Magazine compared their sound to the one of Pinkshinyultrablast, blending noise rock with shogaze and psychedelia.

They also have been considered as part of nugaze scene and/or shoegaze revival, and in particular of the so called italogaze, an Italian scene of shoegaze bands.

Discography
LP
 * 2013 - S/t, Self-Released
 * 2016 - Des Fleurs Magiques Bourdonnaient, Neon Sigh/Northern Light Records/Custom Made Music

Line-up
They're currently touring with Riccardo Cotti at the drums.
 * Laura Iacuzio: vocals, guitar, synth
 * Sebastian Lugli: guitars
 * Andrea Dall'Omo: bass

Former members:
 * Greta Benatti (drums)

Festivals

 * Cosmosis Festival, Manchester - 2016
 * ACPF, Manchester - 2016
 * Santa Valvola Fest, Pistoia - 2016
 * Slam Festival, Bologna - 2017
 * Rock Your Head Festival, Pescara - 2017
 * Lost In The Woods, Warrington - 2017

External links Official website