Violens release the fantastic Lightning Lightning this month - a limited edition 7” single on Chess Club Records, a young label with a talent for picking up the hottest bands on the horizon. This follows their outstanding debut EP (Deadly Recordings).
The Brooklyn quartet have also released a free digital remix EP culled from tracks off their debut. VLNS RMX EP which include contributions from their pals MGMT, Philadelphia pop chameleons Lilys, international remix collective RAC, and newcomers Subtle People! Caroline Polacheck of Chairlift also crafted visuals for a "video remix" of Already Over, the song originally premiered on Zane Lowe's BBC show.
• Set to tour with White Lies in November
• ‘Lightning Lightning’ single out next week
"Violens manage to traverse between eras that time forgot to the present with insatiable ease... at least three of the four songs on this EP could quite easily have been singles in their own right." Drowned In Sound
“If they can produce a whole album as good as Doomed, Trance Like Turn and Already Over, it's (tour headliners) MGMT who will be following in Violens' slipstream.” The Guardian
"Aztec Camera and Tears For Fears are major sources of inspiration for this quartet, but … they switch from fey jingle-jangles into wild, MBV-esque noise freak-outs in the blink of an eye. Luckily, each side of the group is as entrancing as the other." NME
After hugely successful shows at Heaven with White Lies and School of Seven Bells last month, Violens have been asked to join White Lies again, this time on a full UK tour in November including two shows at London’s Brixton Academy. "Aztec Camera and Tears For Fears are major sources of inspiration for this quartet, but … they switch from fey jingle-jangles into wild, MBV-esque noise freak-outs in the blink of an eye. Luckily, each side of the group is as entrancing as the other." NME
Wednesday 18th November – Academy, Bournemouth
Thursday 19th November – Brixton Academy, London
Friday 20th November – Brixton Academy, London
Sunday 22nd November – Academy, Leeds
Monday 23rd November – UEA, Norwich
Tuesday 24th November – Academy, Sheffield
Wednesday 25th November – Rock City, Nottingham
Friday 27th November – Apollo, Manchester
Saturday 28th November – Academy, Glasgow
Sunday 29th November – Academy, Newcastle
Tuesday 1st December – Guidhall, Portsmouth
Wednesday 2nd December – Academy, Bristol
Friday 4th December – University, Cardiff
Saturday 5th December – Academy, Birmingham
