Dark Wave from Shaven Primates

Five-piece outfit Shaven Primates seek to push the boundaries of their creative vision with their own unique style of dark wave, art-rock, post-punk music. In their writing, they offer a narrative of human emotion and experience, with fear, love and anger resonating through their orchestration to deliver a truly immersive and relatable sound.

Drawing influence from the likes of the Velvet Underground, Kate Bush, Tool, Prodigy, Yes, Clash, David Bowie, Porcupine Tree, and Pink Floyd, it is their collective love of music that drives them most. Formed by lead vocalist Mark Elphinstone following a return to music after a 17 year hiatus, Shaven Primates took shape when Mark began recounting his life’s most painful moments in musical rendition.

Slowly, over the course of eighteen months as the demos took form, the complete line up of the band was laid out in 2018. Hitting the studio, armed with the original compositions they set out to create the album that would become Child Of Dirt.

Featuring the band’s trademark tones of rumbling, grinding bass, wailing guitars and synths, thundering drums and screaming impassioned vocals, on the album they deliver a truly original sound comprised of emotive writing and their individual musicianship prowess. Over the seven tracks, Shaven Primates throw down a raw energy that’s becoming ever harder to find in today’s music offering, making them a band that fills the void of creating authentic dark wave rock music.

Listen to Child Of Dirt below