Hear CVC's synth-pop, soundtrack splendour on 'Bonnie & Clyde'

Smooth criminals, CVC, return in synth-pop, soundtrack splendour and first single in a run of AA-side releases…
 
BONNIE & CLYDE

“The clipped, disco-fuelled guitars are worthy of CHIC master Nile Rodgers”
- Clash
 
“These guys are masters of tone and smooth production”.
- Backseat Mafia
 
CVC – Bonnie & Clyde
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Forever feeling round the edges of conformity, soul-funk-pop-rock goodtime six-piece, CVC return with their latest, slick electro-disco spectacular, Bonnie & Clyde to set the glitterball rolling on a run of spring and summertime AA-side singles. While bopping to the beat of an imagined soundtrack to the film of their own rise from rural Wales to uncontested kings of the sweat-and-glory live circuit, the band also announces a run of 14 UK headline and festival dates – including two dates at London’s Oslo.
 
As prodigious as they are prolific, the separate, talented parts of the slick CVC machine have frequently shaken loose for individual, spotlight moments and Bonnie & Clyde’s primetime, three-and-a-half minutes are no exception. Sliding to the front to take the mic and take control, vocalist, Francesco ‘Cesc’ Orsi pitches his words of high-risk, high-reward romance and rule-bending adventure over CVC’s bold left turn into unambiguous and untethered drivetime synth-pop.
 
Breaking their post-debut-album silence late last year, CVC released The Lowrider – fronted by guitarist and singer, David Bassey – as the first new music from ambitious recording sessions with producer and co-architect of Tears For Fears era-defining album, Songs From The Big Chair, Chris Hughes. Adding new material, one release by one, to their fizzing, electric live sets, the band fronts up with Bonnie & Clyde’s cool, road movie groove before hitting the tarmac again for real.

“The music for Bonnie & Clyde was originally constructed as a theme song for a CVC original film,” says Orsi. “I found inspiration for the lyrics after watching the film ‘Queen & Slim’. The song centres around two characters who are willing to risk it all for the love they share. We used synthesisers to form the engine of the song, chasing the feeling of haste and anxious anticipation, as if being in a car chase.”
 
Paying their dues to the vital nationwide live scene through a recent, short Independent Venue Week tour, appearing on a hot and heavy four-night run between Hull and Bournemouth, CVC remain at the forefront as pack leaders out on the open road. With fan-favourite tracks from their acclaimed, 2023 debut album Get Real, offering a firm bedrock of each night’s set list, the band gets loose over a run of fresh UK live dates, opening at Aberystwyth’s Trawsnewid Festival on Fri 21 February 2025.
 
Notably taking in two nights in London, their first headline shows in the English capital since May 2024, but also two, consecutive and intimate dates in Scotland, all of CVC’s currently confirmed live dates are as follows:

Fri 21 Feb – Aberystwyth, University Arts Centre w/ Trawsnewid: Transform Festival

Fri 28 Mar – Newport, The Corn Exchange w/ Music Trail               

Sat 29 Mar – Bristol, Ritual Union Festival   

Fri 4 Apr – London, Oslo

Sat 5 Apr – London, Oslo

Thu 10 Apr - Blackpool, Bootleg Social

Fri 11 Apr – Coventry, Kasbah 

Sat 12 Apr – Bedford, Esquires  

Thu 1 May - Tunbridge Wells, Forum

Fri 2 May – Portsmouth, Kola

Sat 3 May – Southampton,1865 w/ Wanderlust Festival                  

Thu 8 May – Edinburgh, Cabaret Voltaire     

Fri 9 May – Aberdeen, Café Drummonds

Sat 10 May – Sunderland, The Independent            

Tickets links for all shows can be found at https://linktr.ee/cvcband
 
Poised to couple Bonnie & Clyde to an accompanying, second A-side this spring before moving on to summer festival season, NME100-tipped CVC remain the six-headed, close-knit, cradle-to-grave band of brothers of Orsi (Vocals & Keyboards) Bassey (Vocals, Guitars & Keyboards); Elliot Bradfield (Vocals, Guitars & Sax); Daniel 'Nanial' Jones (Keyboards & Percussion); Ben Thorne (Bass) and Tom Fry (Drums).
 
For the most up-to-date CVC information, including new music and additional live dates, connect with the band online at:
 
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