NEØV

Early history

Brothers Anssi and Samuli Neuvonen grew up in Juankoski, Eastern Finland. They started to make music together in their childhood. After moving to Kuopio, Eastern Finland they formed a band Neufvoin with Ari Autio, Jonas Ursin and Aaro Sariola. Neufvoin performed live for the first time as a warm up act for Finnish indie rock band Rubik in January 2008. The first studio releases of Neufvoin, Robokop EP (2009) and Fake Musket EP (2010) got positive reviews and went sold out. The biggest Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat, radio station YleX and music magazine Rumba listed the band among the most promising Finnish artists. In spring 2011 Neufvoin performed at SPOT Festival in Denmark.

In several interviews, the bandleader Anssi Neuvonen has stated that band’s early name Neufvoin was their family’s old last name in 19th century Ladoga Karelia.

In spring 2012 band’s line up changed, while Aaro Sariola left the group and Antti Hevosmaa joined in. In 2012 Neufvoin performed in Canada, Finland, France and Germany. In September 2012 the band announced that it has changed its name as NEØV and signed a recording deal with Finnish record label Fullsteam Records.

In 2012 the band started to organize their own annual festival Gramofon Fest in Kuopio. Year-round club nights are held in addition to the main event.

Orange Morning

NEØV’s debut album Orange Morning was released in February to a much critical acclaim. Finnish music magazine Sue selected the album among the 10 best Finnish albums of 2013. A German webzine NBHAP stated that NEØV is ”one of the most promising new bands from Scandinavia”.

The songs of Orange Morning were mostly written by Anssi Neuvonen in several parts of Europe and North America. Some of the songs were written in collaboration between brothers Anssi and Samuli Neuvonen.

After the release of Orange Morning, NEØV toured in Finland and performed in Estonia and Belgium.

Dominique

”Laketown” and "The Rain People", the first singles from band’s second studio album Dominique was released in 2014. NEØV performed in Germany and The UK to support the singles and Q Magazine and Rolling Stone noticed the band.

Band's second studio album Dominique was released in February 2015. For the bandleader and songwriter Anssi Neuvonen Dominique was the debut work as a record producer. The album received highly positive reviews from music critics. Finnish music magazine Rumba wrote that Dominique is ”one of the best pop/rock albums of the year.” German webzine NBHAP praised band’s ”own version of dream pop”. After the album release NEØV toured in Europe (shows in Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Latvia, Sweden and Switzerland were included).

In interviews with Savon Sanomat and Nordic Playlist, Anssi Neuvonen has said that Dominique is an album about love.

In several interviews, the bandleader Anssi Neuvonen has stated that the band name NEØV doesn’t mean anything. According to him, the word NEØV is ”abstract”, ”stream of consciousness” and ”as absurd as life”. Neuvonen said to a German music blog Bedroomdisco that the band’s name is related to his and Samuli’s last name. At the same time, he saw the name as ”neutral” and stated that it symbolizes their music for them.

Albums

Orange Morning (2013, Fullsteam Records)
Dominique (2015, Fullsteam Records, Sony Music Finland)

Singles

"Windvane" (2012)
"Morning Fire" (2012)
"Mellow" (2013)
"Daydream City" (2013)
"Laketown" (2014)
"The Rain People" (2014)
"Dominique I" (2014)
"Woolen Pumpkin Shirt" (2015)

Neufvoin

Robokop EP (2009, New Music Community)
Fake Musket EP (2010, New Music Community)