STEEF is a freak-rock entity that rose from the Louisiana swamps in 2022 with a raw and unhinged debut EP titled “POST F”. Its ethos is a blend of astonishing technical skill and endless imagination, culminating in brain-scrambling psychedelic benders. Originally the solo project of Stevie Spring, STEEF has since blossomed into a full live band, featuring superbassist Avery Legendre, synth wizard Code Kilgo, and drum beast Shannon Paine-Jesam, with Spring’s tripped-out lead vocals and oddly angled guitar licks at the helm. Sophomore album hngryhrnybrken (pronounced “hungry horny broken”), while still freewheeling in spirit, applies a more attentive approach to its conceptual collage, full of left-field samples and inventive synthesized drumming.
Equipped with an attitude silly enough to melt the hardest of hearts — and a hypeman who calls crowds of “BELEEFERS” to action at its epic live shows — STEEF is simply too fun to fail.
