Midday Veil released their first studio album recently, “Eyes All Around.” The first video, “Asymptote II” is lovely, joyous, innocent and drug-fueled. Expect great things from this young Seattle combo:
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Here is the press release. Read and learn, Philistines:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Translinguistic Other Recordings
p.o. box 23326 Seattle WA 98102
MIDDAY VEIL ANNOUNCES STUDIO ALBUM, FALL TOUR DATES, AND VIDEO PREMIERE
Oct. 11 – “Eyes All Around” CD release
Nov. 13 – LP release (limited edition white vinyl with download card)
tour dates + video link and free MP3 downloads for bloggers below
Eluding tidy categorization, Seattle underground synth-rock purveyors Midday Veil have been making [heavily modulated] waves in the Northwest psych scene since 2008. Known for ambitious performances featuring a multimedia spectacle of sight and sound, Midday Veil draws from an ever-deepening well of influences including 20th century avant-garde composition, krautrock, folk, blues, noise, new age, metal, and various kinds of non-Western and traditional music.
Midday Veil’s debut studio album Eyes All Around is currently available for preorder via records.translinguisticother.com. Produced and engineered by Mell Dettmer at Aleph Studios (Sunn O))), Kinski, Jesse Sykes), Eyes All Around is at its deceptively groovy heart a concept album of sorts, rooted in the prehistoric tradition of music-as-journey-through-underworld and refracted through the lens of multiple layers of technology and 1960s artifacts like Joseph Byrd’s American Metaphysical Circus.
“Seattle’s Midday Veil keep on ascending to higher levels of heightened-awareness psychedelia that’s as beautiful and majestic as a satellite photo of Jupiter’s moons.” – Dave Segal, The Stranger
“…in my mind, Seattle’s most promising new band. …what I like about watching a band like Midday Veil is the sense that something different is going on.” – John Gillanders, Redefine Magazine
Midday Veil Fall 2010 Tour Dates:
Oct. 23 – SEATTLE, WA – Portable Shrines Escalator Fest with Moon Duo, The Curious Mystery, Edibles and Climax Golden Twins
Nov. 13 – SEATTLE, WA – Record release at Comet Tavern with Master Musicians of Bukkake and Arrington de Dionyso
Nov. 17 – PORTLAND, OR – The Know
Nov. 18 – SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Hemlock Tavern
Nov. 19 – OAKLAND, CA – ABCo ArtSpace with Sequin Trails and Magic Leaves
Nov. 20 – SACRAMENTO, CA – The HUB with Art Lessing and the Flower Vato and Little Teeth
VIDEO + FREE MP3 DOWNLOADS FOR BLOGGERS:
Video for Asymptote II:
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8W4-7a6XrY&fs=1&hl=en_US&hd=1
MP3s:
Asymptote II, as well as the album’s title track Eyes All Around, may be embedded and/or downloaded directly from Soundcloud by following the links here. You are welcome to make one or both tracks available for free download to your readers.
http://soundcloud.com/midday-veil/06-asymptote-ii
http://soundcloud.com/midday-veil/07-eyes-all-around
Press photographs and additional info available upon request. Thank you for your consideration.
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Translinguistic Other
harmonies | hierophanies | beatific visions
http://records.translinguisticother.com
