Friday, November 5, 2010

Violens

Add Date: November 2 

Artist: Violens 

Album: Amoral 

Label: Friendly Fire

Genre: Rock 

Comments: The debut album from Violens is finally here! Their self-titled EP was intriguing enough that I had to review Amoral for myself--and I'm not disappointed. The layering of synths and textural guitar, fused with some '80s New Wave, psychedelic tendencies and dreamy pop melodies, combine to create a complex but accessible brand of rock--it's large in scope, the type of music where you're happy for the level of production that went into the record. And variety in the tracks keeps it interesting--opener "The Dawn of Your Happiness is Rising" is bright and upbeat, while "Acid Reign" (sadly DNP) is described as "goth-tropical". Highly recommended--start with tracks 4, 7 and 11.

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