The Fauves

The Fauves are one of Australia's most underrated bands, playing their own brand of guitar pop featuring wry, humorous lyrics, much in the style of fellow Australian band TISM, but infinitely more subtle. The Fauves formed in Melbourne, Australia in 1988, and comprised of four school friends: Andrew Dyer, Adam Newey, Andrew Cox and Phil Leonard. They took their name from the short-lived art movement in the early 1900s (fauve" being the French word for "wild animal"). In 1989, they released their first EP: This Mood Has Passed. Two years later they followed it with The Scis...