Last month we introduced you to the stellar and diabolic video for ‘Take Your Heart’ by Italian alternative / electropop trio VONAMOR, which was impressive (in sight and sound) to say the least. Now they are back with an equally mind-boggling single, titled ‘You the People’. No, this is not a call for greater democracy or some political manifesto, as the title might lead you to believe. What this is here is a fantastic new soundbite from their much-anticipated eponymous debut album, produced by Lucio Leoni.
This dark and defiant song speaks of a world – the one we call home – where human lives are severely challenged by unintelligible and deeply rooted mechanisms of power, submission and protest. The track combines male and female vocals in a dialogue that is dense and full of tension, where English and Italian tongues intertwine with both hammering electronic sounds and the smooth sounds of saxophone, clarinet and flute, its creators intent on dragging the listener into a maelstrom of emotion.
‘You The People’ underlines VONAMOR’s dialecticism and style, as well as their will to convey originality and sensuality, even when menacing, with passion and intensity. Eternally playing with words and sounds, they never lose sight of the rhythmic, Dyonisian and captivating soul of their electro dark, post-punk vision.
“Through our darkwave music and words, we search for the question, the ambiguity, the multiform influence of a variety of demons. We feel the urgency of questioning ourselves, our fellow human beings and the reality around us,” says Giulia Bottaro.
This new offering follows up the lead track ‘Take Your Heart’ and its intriguing video, directed and edited by Fabio Santomauro, which has been met with international acclaim. Last year, the trio also released the singles‘Never Betray Us’ and‘Fast-Forward Girl’.
VONAMOR is made up of sisters Giulia Bottaro (voice, bass, metal flute), Francesca Bottaro (drum station, sequencer, sax, clarinet) and vocalist Luca Guidobaldi, with Francesco Bassoli (guitars and loops) and Martino Cappelli (guitars, mandolin, bouzouki, oud, loops) joining the trio for live performances. The band’s roots date back to 2016 in Rome. Initially focused on communicating images and composing scores for short films, they morphed into the trio we know today with their taste and allure, literary echoes, imperious art-pop and enigmatic aesthetics.
“VONAMOR is an escape plan, our treasure island, a thick and savage jungle that gives you the chance to let your prayers and whispers reverberate like a church. We used the music in this album to walk paths that we hadn’t known before, to connect Rome to Paris to Berlin to Beijing, to mix techno music with folk, to let our voices and bodies mingle and dance to an incredibly weird yet familiar beat, and finally to search for a boom of love and light into the dark of our everyday life: yes, VONAMOR is a boom!” says Luca Guidobaldi.
Come Thursday, ‘You The People’ is out everywhere, including Apple Music, Tidal, Deezer, Spotify and elsewhere. The digital album and CD can be pre-ordered directly from Time To Kill Records (TTK) at https://timetokillrecords.bigcartel.com/product/vonamor
ALBUM TRACK LIST (digital)
01. Empire + 2049
02. Lucky You
03. Never Betray Us
04. Take Your Heart
05. You the People
06. Mother Night
07. Fast-Forward Girl
08. Wilderness
CREDITS
Music and lyrics written and performed by VONAMOR ©℗ 2020
Giulia Bottaro (vocals, bass, metal flute)
Francesca Bottaro (drum station, sequencer, saxophone, clarinet, synth)
Luca Guidobaldi (vocals)
Francesco Bassoli (LP – guitars and loops)
Martino Cappelli (live performances – guitars, mandolin, bouzouki, oud, loops).
Edited by VONAMOR
Recorded in Rome at Monkey Studio & L’Albero Recording Studio by Lucio Leoni & Luca D’Aversa
Artistic production, sound engineering and mixing by Lucio Leoni – Lapidarie Incisioni
Mastering by Elephant Mastering
Art direction and design by Francesca Bottaro
Photography by Marco Stramaglia
Label and physical distribution: Time to Kill (TTK) Records
Digital distribution: Believe Intl
Artistic production by Lucio Leoni. Digital distribution by Believe International
Label and physical distribution by Time to Kill (TTK) Records
Video direction, editing: Fabio Santomauro
Featuring VONAMOR, Agatha and Adriano
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