Violens Score Men's Designer Patrik Ervell's Show Fashion Week 2008

Violens make their Fashion Week debut, scoring menswear designer Patrik Ervell's 2008 Show. The score is a re-imagining of the groups music, recorded as instrumental marches, and a very limited edition release of this production will be available to show attendees. Singer/Producer Jorge Elbrecht is also doing the music for Rogan's SS09 show, and had previously contributed his talents to runway shows by Erin Fetherston, Proenza Schouler (as a member of Lansing-Dreiden), Yigal Azrouel, Michael Angel, and Victor Glemaud.

On the heels of a sold-out tour of the Northeast US together, Violens are thrilled to announce more dates with MGMT this November. Following the release of singer/producer Jorge Elbrecht's remix of their single "Time to Pretend", MGMT asked Violens to join them on dates between a busy schedule of summer festivals, and the package will now cross the pond for a string of dates that are quickly selling out major clubs across the UK! Stay tuned for additional shows in London, and release plans for Violens international debut.

Violens recently released their critically acclaimed new single "Trance-Like Turn" on The Green Owl Records Comp: A Benefit for the Energy Action Coalition. Their contribution is featured among tracks by other notable artists such as Feist, Muse, Deerhoof, Bloc Party, A Place To
Bury Strangers, and many more. 100% of profits from the album sales will be donated to the EAC, to support their efforts to raise environmental awareness in our community. http://greenowlrecords.com/comp.php

Violens (pronounced "vy-lenz") are a New York-via-Miami four-piece formed in the fall of 2007, featuring members Iddo Arad (synths/vocals), Ben Brantley (bass), Jorge Elbrecht (lead vocals/guitar) and Kris King (drums). Their music imagines a place where The Zombies & The Byrds meet Wire & The Violent Femmes, and Crass meets Angelo Badalamenti & Prefab Sprout.

Violens songs conjure descriptions of nightmares, the passing of time, speculations on spiritual messages, and accounts of psychedelic hallucinations. Even their most frenetic guitar work and aggressive rhythms are draped in a gauze of reverberant, harmonized vocals and synths
Which create a sense of creepy, artificial comfort. A fitting characterization, lyrically and musically, for a group whose name sounds like a melding
of the words "violence" and "violins".

US Summer Dates
Aug 22, 2008 Seaport Music Festival (w/ Grand Archives) New York, NY
Aug 30, 2008 Johnny Brenda’s Philly, PA

November UK Tour With/MGMT
Nov 3 Ambassador Dublin
Nov 5 Academy Leeds
Nov 6 Rock City Nottingham
Nov 7 Academy Bristol
Nov 9 Barrowlands Glasgow
Nov 10 Academy Birmingham
Nov 11 Academy Manchester