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The KVB – ” Above Us “

Posted: August 10, 2018 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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We’re very pleased to announce that our new album ‘Only Now Forever’ will be released on the 12th October 2018 on LP / CD / Digital / Cassette via Invada Records.

The new video for the album’s first single ‘Above Us’, directed by Alden Volney, which recently premiered on Clash Magazine, Whilst holding evident inspiration from previous times, the sound this London-founded duo present is progressive and distinctly new in every sense. Idyllic at times; gritty in others, each bar is as enchanting as the last, leaving you in a melancholic trance. Offering poignant lyricism that explores modern anxieties that plague many, the duo manage to imbue feelings of empowerment, fighting such struggles with a deceivingly sanguine sound. This seamless juxtaposition is perhaps their best trait, and will appeal to fans of Depeche Mode, The Soft Moon, New Order, Nine Inch Nails, and My Bloody Valentine.

Taken from The KVB’s forthcoming album ‘Only Now Forever’. Released on Invada Records on all formats October 12th 2018.

The KVB – ” Above Us “

Posted: June 9, 2018 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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After intense touring ‘Of Desire’ in Europe, Asia and beyond, The KVB returned to their studio to further immerse themselves in sonic experimentation. The resulting ‘Above Us’ heralds the next chapter in the adopted-Berliners dark, electronic pop development. With waves of synthesisers, flourishes of surf guitar and sequences driving with nervous energy, the tension finally relieves with a surging, euphoric chorus.
Brighter and more expansive than ever, the track demonstrates the bands growing ability to create sonic journeys, yet retains the atmosphere synonymous with The KVB.
 
“‘Above Us’ is about defiance in reaction to the anxieties of modern life. In a world where you and your data are the product, ‘Above Us’ seeks to reclaim the power over yourself and to make your own decisions.” Kat & Nick, The KVB
 
This Summer sees the duo make several festival appearances including Green Man and Meltdown the latter of which is curated by The Cure’s Robert Smith.
 
‘Above Us’ is released on Invada Records, 30th May 2018

The KVB – ” Out Of Body ” EP

Posted: April 25, 2017 in MUSIC
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London based purveyors of dark, industrially-tinged post-punk and psych, “We don’t really think of it as being dark that much,” mutters Nick Wood, of London’s audio-visual drone bombers the KVB. “It just comes out like that.”

This is surprising, as to me the KVB’s music evokes the ominous chill of abandoned factories; burning wreckage on the post-industrial wasteground just outside of the city; a conflation of romantic betrayal and socioeconomic collapse; end times, and bad things waiting on the periphery, but the kind of bad things that many of us are unerringly drawn to.

“I’ve always liked the darker side of music, and even bands like the Rolling Stones, ‘Paint It Black,’ those sorts of songs,” Nick admits eventually. “I’ve always been quite dark; I’ve always been drawn to that.” They’re all inevitable, these comparisons and labels. With the shoegaze thing it’s kind of inevitable I think, because there is obviously that influence in there, and we can’t really deny it. But that gets put on a lot of different music. Even when there are no guitars on some of our songs, it’s still like, shoegaze.

All songs written by The KVB.

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The KVB – ” Fixation / White Walls ” EP

Posted: April 23, 2017 in MUSIC
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Nicholas Wood and Kat Day are The KVB, a shoegaze-indebted synth-pop duo who are gearing up to release a brand new EP on Geoff Barrow’s Invada label.

Having started out with a handful of vinyl and cassette releases, their sound swiftly grew into a being of its own. Leaning heavily on hardware (having rummaged through Barrow’s vintage synth collection for previous recordings). On “Fixation”, the vocals blend into the trudging, smoky fog of synths. Quietly epic and totally very bewitching, the track has the kind of mysterious repeat-play quality that evokes Depeche Mode at their most ghostly.

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Check out the track below and check out the artwork for the EP below. The Fixation / White Walls EP is released on vinyl and digital on 19th May

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The KVB – ” Mirror Being “

Posted: March 26, 2015 in MUSIC
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New album ”Mirror Being” from UK duo The KVB. The album includes 10 tracks that will be released on June 1st and will be available on LP/CD via Invada Records. For more The KVB music visit their bandcamp page.

Check out four gritty, overcoat-clad tracks from Mirror Being in the player below and grab the vinyl edition on June 1st Meanwhile, The KVB have a UK and European tour lined up in April and are set to perform at both the Porto and Barcelona legs of Primavera

The KVB band members Nicholas Wood & Kat Day  The dark-as-night duo join the ranks of the Bristol label.The KVB have kept up a vigorous work rate since Nicholas Wood and Kat Day teamed up in 2010, releasing several cassettes and limited CD-Rs before their full-length “Always Then”  arrived in 2012. That was followed in 2013 by “Immaterial Visions” on Minimal Wave offshoot Cititrax and a remix EP featuring Regis and Silent Servant, while last year they recorded their “Out Of Body” EP at the Berlin studio of Brian Jonestown Massacre mastermind Anton Newcombe.The latest effort from the psych-drone-darkwave duo is Mirror Being, which appeared in a run of 100 cassettes at the start of the year and is now set to get a full vinyl release on Geoff Barrow’s Invada Records. According to the label, it was after hearing Mirror Being’s shoegazey electronics that they decided to snap up the band, who’ve just flown into Bristol to start recording a brand new full length for Invada Records, expected to appear later this year.

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The KVB – ” Sympathy For The Devil ” Rolling Stone Cover

Posted: January 30, 2015 in MUSIC
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A bunch of indie-psych bands got together to pay tribute to one of rock’s longest-running bands for Stoned – A Psych Tribute To The Rolling Stones, which came out this week via Cleopatra Records. The comp features Clinic, The Vacant Lots, Tashaki Miyaki, Allah-Las, Pure X, Cheval Sombre and more. That’s the cover art above. Check out the full tracklist, and listen to Allah-Las’ take on the album’s namesake song, “Stoned,” elsewhere on this site

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Stoned – A Psych Tribute To The Rolling Stones Tracklist:
 1. Lorelle Meets The Obsolete – What A Shame
2. The KVB – Sympathy For The Devil
3. Shiny Darkly – Under My Thumb
4. Yeti Lane – Sway
5. Clinic – It’s Only Rock & Roll (But I Like It)
6. Sons Of Hippies – Gimme Shelter
7. The Vacant Lots – She Smiled Sweetly
8. Celestial Bums – Child Of The Moon
9. Tashaki Miyaki – Take It Or Leave It
10. Allah-Las – Stoned
11. Pink Velvet – (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction [CD ONLY]
12. Pure X – Beast Of Burden [CD ONLY]
13. Cheval Sombre – As Tears Go By
14. The Tulips – Wild Horses

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