NIGHT VERSES Release First Ever Live EP, "Live Sessions: Volume 1", Today - Full Stream Now
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Legendary independent New York-based rock label Equal Vision Records and Night Verses are excited to announce the release of Live Sessions: Volume 1, the California progressive rock trio’s first ever live offering. Featuring four songs and recorded with Meinl Percussion in Nashville at the legendary Sound Emporium, Live Sessions: Volume 1 showcases an aspect of the band’s profile never before captured on tape.
“As a band, we always enjoy new challenges,” drummer Aric Improta said. “And since we hadn’t officially released any live material yet, this felt like a chance to test ourselves and see how well we could interpret the songs together in a room. Specifically, ‘Desire to Feel Nothing’ was one of the strangest songs for us to lock in on when we first wrote it, so it felt like a good one to start with. We’re all pretty proud of how these turned out and hope to do more in the future.” Stream Live Sessions: Volume 1 in its entirety on YouTube BELOW!
Night Verses is an instrumental trio of unorthodox musicians based out of Southern California. Their cinematic approach to songwriting and composition focuses on themes of surrealism, cerebral cinema, and ambience for abandoned spaces. The group’s ever-evolving sound builds upon elements of art rock, post metal, prog, trip hop, and psychedelic. Daniel G. Wilson of Noisey wrote, “Night Verses’ From the Gallery of Sleep is like Prog-Metal Salvador Dalí”
Nick DePirro (guitar), Reilly Herrera (bass) and Aric Improta (drums) have mentioned in separate interviews that the band’s constant pursuit is to sound as expansive as possible, while still working within the limitations of what a three-piece can perform live. To do this, they’ve developed unconventional techniques to broaden each member’s sonic potential. Using effects pedals on acoustic drums, live looping, ambient percussion, sampling and synth pads, they are constantly finding ways to sound like a much larger ensemble, without ever integrating the aid of backing tracks into their songwriting or live show.
This DIY approach to performance also expands into their visual work. The group is responsible for creating all of their merch, album art, live projections, etc. From hand illustration to graphic design to video editing, the members of Night Verses all contribute to make sure the project is as expressive as possible, and that the visuals deliberately form in direct translation to the music. Already beloved by critics and fans alike, look for Night Verses to reach new heights in their role as torchbearers not only in heavy rock but in regards to the wider world of progressive music in the future.
Night Verses will be making the following appearances in the UK and EU this September. Dates below. Tickets for all shows are available HERE.
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