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VENICE IS SINKING
HOMETOWN: Athens, GA
BIO:
Founded in Athens, GA in
2003, this five-piece band's sound is rooted in
cinematic arrangements, subtle genre tweaks, and clear,
ringing harmonies. The band's 2006 debut LP, Sorry
About The Flowers, garnered national attention for
the crystalline male/female vocals of singers Daniel
Lawson and Karolyn Troupe and for Troupe's deft layering
of her instrument of choice, the viola, which makes few
appearances throughout rock history.
The new album,
AZAR, finds Venice is Sinking
widening its palette, tackling the idea of location's
ability to influence our lives. Growing musically since
the band's debut, the group, challenged by engineer
Scott Solter (Mountain Goats, John Vanderslice, Pattern
is Movement), shed the "space rock" designation.
Solter's touch pushed the band to work outside its
comfort zone and explore varied, mutated instrumentation
and experimental touches that were hinted at on
Sorry About The Flowers, but never fully realized.
Most importantly,
AZAR
feels like one thing, conceptually and sonically
united behind the idea that our surroundings color even
the smallest events in our lives.
The band had the unique
opportunity to make a third album right after the
AZAR sessions ended. This third LP,
whose release and title have yet to be determined, was
recorded over one week at Athens' historic Georgia
Theatre live to ananlog tape with only two microphones
in a manner not dissimilar to the Cowboy Junkies'
seminal Trinity Sessions. The new material,
overseen by David Barbe (Sugar, Drive-By Truckers,
Bettye Lavette), is poppier and twangier, a stark
contrast to
AZAR and indicative of Venice is
Sinking's chimerical influences.
As 2007 and 2008 were spent
recording, 2009 will find the band touring and promoting
AZAR as well as the Georgia Theatre
sessions.
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BAND SITES:
VENICE IS SINKING OFFICIAL WEBSITE
MYSPACE PAGE
AGENT:
DANIEL
AVAILABILITY:
FALL 2010
UPCOMING SHOWS
TOOLS:
MAKE AN OFFER
PROMO MATERIALS
PUBLICITY
LABEL:
ONE PERCENT PRESS
(US)
TAG TEAM
RECORDS (CHINA)
DISCOGRAPHY:
2009 - AZAR CD
2007 - SORRY ABOUT THE
FLOWERS CD
FREE MP3:
Ryan's Song
REVIEWS:
An orchestral pop gem
if there ever was one.
-PopMatters
With its co-ed
harmonies and wandering streams of
dense melodies, it is
the perfect soundtrack for
unexpected overcast
days...7.0
-Pitchfork
Pulaski Heights,
from their upcoming Sorry About the
Flowers,
kills with kindness, a sweet and temperate
summer breeze
of a song.
-Salon.com
An engaging and
beautiful piece of slowcore.
-Under The Radar
Each track brings the fuzz,
which the band smartly beset
with Lawson and Troupe's
melodic boy-girl harmonies and
the beautifully agonizing
sweeps from the viola.
-SPIN.com |
