ARTIST: Violens
TITLE: Violens
LABEL: Static Recital/Cantora Records
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 213kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 08m total
RELEASE DATE: 2008-04-08
RIP DATE: 2009-09-28
Track List
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1. Already Over 3:12
2. Spectator & Pupil 3:03
3. Violent Sensation Descends 2:14
Release Notes:
http://www.myspace.com/violens
Violens (pronounced "vy-lenz") are a New York-via-Miami four-piece formed in the
fall of 2007, featuring members Iddo Arad (synths/vocals), Ben Brantley (bass),
Jorge Elbrecht (lead vocals/guitar) and Kris King (drums). Their music imagines
a place where The Zombies & The Byrds meet Wire & The Violent Femmes, and Crass
meets Angelo Badalamenti & Prefab Sprout.
Violens songs conjure descriptions of nightmares, the passing of time,
speculations on spiritual messages, and accounts of psychedelic hallucinations.
Even their most frenetic guitar work and aggressive rhythms are draped in a
gauze of reverberant, harmonized vocals and synths which create a sense of
creepy, artificial comfort. A fitting characterization, lyrically and musically,
for a group whose name sounds like a melding of the words "violence" and
"violins".
The band made their debut at Bowery Ballroom with MGMT/Yeasayer in early 2008.
Violens have since toured and performed in the US with Grizzly Bear, Deerhunter,
Handsome Furs, Clinic, Grand Archives, Chairlift, Telepathe, and Jay Reatard
among others, in addition to selling out NY's Mercury Lounge as headliners. They
also recently completed a Winter tour of the UK as main support to MGMT.