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EX VOID – ” Only One “

Posted: November 5, 2019 in MUSIC
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Former Joanna Gruesome bandmates, Owen “O’ Williams and Alanna McArdle making music together again might seem an obvious move, yet it was apparently only a chance encounter at a contemporary dance class that made their new band Ex-Vöid happen. While there’s only a handful of tunes as evidence so far, the pair seem to have picked up where they left off, with their winning blend of jangling indie-pop and crushing noise-punk. Following on from last year’s self-titled EP, the band have returned this week their new single “Only One”, out now via their new label Prefect Records.

Described by the band as, “a perverted, obscene, ultra melodic love song”, “Only One” is a song about falling in love with a hippy: the band have admitted this might see them ex-communicated from the punk scene all together. Forgive them this slide into the saccharine though, because firstly there’s still a delightful break-neck intensity to the clattering jangle-pop and secondly because it might just be the most perfect slice of late 1980’s indie-pop you’ve heard for 30 years. Plus if you’re not convinced, the b-side is fifty seconds of pure adrenaline and noise, so there’s something for everyone!

“Only One” is out now via Prefect Records/Don Giovanni Records. Limited edition pink vinyl 7 inch

EX VOID – ” Boyfriend ” EP

Posted: May 14, 2018 in MUSIC
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Ex-Vöid’s “Boyfriend” is a fun punk song about a bad relationship

Ex-Vöid is the new band from Alanna McArdle and Owen Williams, former members of the now defunct pop-punk group Joanna Gruesome. Like their former band, McArdle and Williams have continued to mix sugary sweet harmonies with furious blasts of noise in their new project. Joanna Gruesome were a band who always seemed destined to burn bright and burn fast. Their take on, “hyper-aggressive” pop music, resulted in two brilliant, and very short, albums and then singer Alanna McArdle parted company with the band, the band carried on, perhaps still are carrying on, yet it never quite felt the same. The partnership at the core of the band’s success was between Alanna and Owen Williams, and after, allegedly, “a chance meeting at a contemporary dance class”, the two began discussing working together again. The result is Ex-Vöid, and their debut three-track single , check out lead track, Boyfriend.

Musically, there seems to be both continuity and progression from the Joanna Gruesome sound. The short sharp bursts of brutality remain, although they’re now accompanied by a more distinctly poppy sound than ever before, with nods to the likes of Veronica Falls or The Spook School, although the cited influences are, “Black Sabbath’s “Into The Void”,  D.C.-area hardcore legends “VOID,” and Raincoats number “The Void”.” As playful, noisy, hook-laden and exciting as ever, Ex-Vöid are a welcome return for this perfect coming together of musical minds.

A three-track single, Boyfriend is out now via Don Giovanni Records