Members
Lloyd James - voice, acoustic guitar
Ben McLees - bass, electric guitar
Hunter Barr - drums, keyboards
Sam Astley - electric guitar

Past members
John Murphy, Joanne Owen, Greg Ferrari, Arthur Shaw

Naevus is a British experimental rock group. Formed in London in 1998 by Lloyd James (vocals, acoustic guitar) and Joanne Owen (bass, accordion), Naevus were often categorised as part of the ‘neo-folk’ genre. Their music has also drawn critical comparison with acts such as Swans and Wire, and often includes elements of industrial music.

The band released four albums between 1999 and 2004 before expanding to a four-piece with the addition of John Murphy (drums) and Greg Ferrari (electric guitar). Their first album with the expanded line-up was Silent Life, which was a critical success, and included contributions from members of Urge Within, Sieben, and Current 93. Their sixth album Relatively Close To The Sea saw them combining elements of their earlier post-punk sounds alongside more melodic material and progressive rock elements. In 2009, Hunter Barr returned as drummer, having previously played on EP The Body Speaks in 2004, and the EP Days that Go followed in 2010. The seventh Naevus album, The Division of Labour, was completed by Lloyd James as a solo effort and was released in May 2012. In 2013, the compilation CDs Stations and Others were released, gathering together all singles, B-sides and compilation tracks from 2001 to 2012 as well as new and previously unreleased material. The EP Backsaddling was released in 2014. wikipedia

Albums

Truffles Of Love ‎(CD, Album) Wooden Lung WL004 1999
Truffles Of Love ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM, Dig) Old Europa Cafe OECD 105 2008
Soil ‎(CD, Album) S.P.K.R. THUK I 2001
Soil ‎(CD, Album, Rei) Old Europa Cafe OECD160 2012
Behaviour ‎(CD) Operative Records OP 005 2002
Perfection Is A Process ‎(CD) Old Europa Cafe, Operative Records OECD 068, OP 007 2004
Silent Life ‎(CD, Album, dig) Hau Ruck! HR!85 2007
Relatively Close To The Sea ‎(CD, Album, Dig) Hau Ruck! HR!91 2008
The Division Of Labour ‎(CD, Album, Dig) Hau Ruck!, Klanggalerie HR!106, gg164 2012
Appetite And Application ‎(CDr) Klanggalerie gg197 2014

Singles & EPs

Sail Away ‎(7", EP, Ltd) Hau Ruck! HR!57 2003
The Body Speaks ‎(10", EP, Ltd) Hau Ruck! HR!70 2004
Naevus / KnifeLadder - Document Three ‎(CD, EP, Ltd) Terra Fria tf002 2004
Naevus / Spiritual Front - Bedtime / Badtime ‎(10", Pic, Ltd) Old Europa Cafe OEMP 011 2005
Go Grow ‎(7") Hau Ruck! HR!90 2008
Days That Go ‎(12", EP, Ltd) Hau Ruck! HR!97 2010
Backsaddling ‎(7", EP, Ltd, Num) 4iB Records 4iB 7"/0814/009 2014

Compilations

Leisure Hive / Womb / Naevus - This Is Not Failure ‎(CDr, Comp) Not On Label lwn 1 1999
Rose McDowall / Naevus / SonVer - Music Box 2008 ‎(CDr, Ltd, Comp) Dagaz Music DMR002 2008
Others ‎(CDr, Comp, Ltd, Num) Tourette Records tourette 037 2013
Stations ‎(2xCD, Comp) Tourette Records tourette 036 2013

Miscellaneous

Acoustic Demo ‎(Cass, Promo) Not On Label (Naevus Self-Released) none 2000
Acoustic Demo ‎(4xFile) Wooden Lung WL009 2014

Tracks appear in compilations

tr. Untitled
Various - S.P.K.R. I ‎(CDr, Comp, Ltd) S.P.K.R. THUK XXI Unknown
tr. Eden
Various - Nature's Mistakes ‎(Cass, Comp, Ltd) Not On Label none 2000
tr. Parade
Various - New Alternatives Five ‎(2xCD, Comp) Nightbreed Recordings NIGHT CD 037 2000
tr. Visions, Rushed
Various - First Operative Records 2001
tr. After Winter
Various vs Kirlian Camera - Kälte Container Radio Luxor 2001
tr. Mistakes
Various - Cold #1 Sampler ‎(CDr, Smplr, Comp) Not On Label (Cold Fanzine) none 2001
tr. Oh What Fun
Various - Sol Lucet Omnibus - A Tribute To Sol Invictus Cynfeirdd 2002
tr. Beth Gellert
Various - Songs For Landeric ‎(2xCD, Comp, Ltd) Cynfeirdd Cyn 117 CD 2002
tr. Occasional Table
Various - Audacia Imperat ‎(2xCD, Comp) Old Europa Cafe, Misty Circles OECD 065, MCR50 2003
tr. No Remember
Various - Triumph Des Todes ‎(CD, Ltd, Box) Fluttering Dragon fdragon025 2003
tr. Lost Men
Various - Tutti A Casa! Ain Soph Tribute ‎(2xCD, Comp, Ltd) Hau Ruck! SPQR HR! SPQR I 2003
tr. Torn Wheat Leaked
Various - ...In The Crystal Cage ‎(CD, Comp) :Ikonen: Media ikon02 2004
tr. Mistakes
Various - Ny Regret Du Passè, Ny Peur De L'Avenir... ‎(18xFile, MP3, Comp) #Neo-folk.it NF001 2004
tr. Saturday Child
Various - A Tribute To Scott Walker - Angel Of Ashes ‎(CD, Comp) Transformadores 5 604781 049309 2005
tr. Retreat
Various - :Per:Version: Vol. 15 ‎(CD, Enh, Comp) :Ritual: none 2005
tr. Cadwaladr And His Goat
Various - Songs For Aliénor ‎(2xCD, Comp, Ltd) Cynfeirdd Cyn 137 CD 2005
tr. No, Remember and 4 more…
Various - 1° Congresso Neo Pop'n'Folk ‎(CDr, Ltd, Comp) Old Europa Cafe OECDR 007 2005
tr. Voice In A Bin
Various - Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense ‎(39xFile, MP3, Comp) #Neo-folk.it NF003 2006
tr. Restraining Order/Fishheads And Olives Medley
Various - The Appeal Of Discarded Orthodoxy: A Tribute To David E. Williams ‎(2xCD, Comp, Dig) Old Europa Cafe OECD 099 2007
tr. Castles In Spain (Edit)
Various - Orkus Compilation 31 ‎(CD, Comp) Orkus 2007-08 2007
tr. The Orchard
Various - Rabbits In Your Stocking ‎(CD, Comp) Disques De Lapin LPN9 2008
tr. Kill Your Friends
Various - Kunigunda Lunar Songs Vol. 7 (Internet Edition) ‎(13xFile, MP3, Comp, 192) Not On Label none 2008
tr. Voice In A Bin
Various - Geisterwelt, Volume 1: Sounds Of Geisterwelt Nights ‎(CDr, Promo, Comp) Geisterwelt none 2008
tr. The Mill (Live)
Various - In The Dark Room Vol. 1 ‎(40xFile, MP3, Comp) Darkroom Productions DP001 2008
tr. The Petty Task
Various - The Old Europa Cafe ‎(7xCD, Comp + Box) Old Europa Cafe OECD 100 2008
tr. Daydream Believer
Various - Disques De Lapin Presents: "Monkeys In The Rabbit Hole" ‎(CDr, Comp, In ) Disques de Lapin LPN16 2010
tr. Soil And Soil Alike
Various - With Friends Like These... ‎(2xCD, Comp) Tursa, Kaparte Promotions TURSA100, none 2010
tr. Twilight Season
Winter - Brown Is The Colour ‎(CDr, Ltd) Disques De Lapin LPN17 2010
tr. Larvicide
Various - Thanateros - Visions Of Love & Death ‎(2xCD, Comp) :Ikonen: Media ikon 05 2011
tr. Bleat Beep
Various - Gothic Visions IV ‎(CD, Comp + DVD, Comp) Echozone EZ13D1308 2013
tr. Idiots (Let Me In) (Live In Leipzig, Germany, 2013)
Various - Radio Body Music - The Live Life ‎(File, MP3, Comp) Radio Body Music RBM 008 2014
tr. Treasure Island (La Isla Del Tesoro)
Various - Nada Que Perder: Una Celebración De Ô Paradis ‎(CD, Album, Comp) Disques de Lapin LPN36 2014

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