Ahead of the release of his new EP ‘Say Goodbye to the Light’, we have the pleasure of premiering this 5-track collection from LA-based EBM / alt=pop artist Thrillsville. Not long ago, he also released his new addiction and obsession-driven video single ‘The Fever’ with an uber-rad video featuring art and animation by Patrick Surace. This mini-film was directed, edited and VFX by Precious Child, Shadow Sunrise LLC.
Buckle up fans of Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, Drab Majesty, PIG, KMFDM, Nitzer Ebb and Orgy. You are in for a wicked and ecstatic ride with Thrillsville, involving a feast of industrial-tinged electronica, synthpop and alt-rock. This mini-album is a welcome discovery, bringing animated EBM soundtracks to your home in anticipation of a dark Covid-tainted winter. Dig in, freak out and love it.
Thrillsville is the solo project of composer/producer Rani Sharone. Produced and mainly recorded in Sharone’s own studio, for this release, Thrillsville worked with Ulrich Wild (Deftones, White Zombie, Static-X), a frequent collaborator, who co-mixed and mastered this EP.
This EP also features Gil Sharone (Marilyn Manson, Dillinger Escape Plan, Jerry Cantrell) on drums and Dominique Lenore Persi on backing vocals – both of which are also Rani Sharone’s band members in Stolen Babies. This EP include two reworks of Stolen Babies songs ‘So Close’ and ‘Second Sleep’.
Best known for his dark cabaret / experimental rock band Stolen Babies, Sharone has collaborated and performed with Puscifer, Marilyn Manson and TV/film composer Tyler Bates, to name a few.
Since starting to play live in 2017, Thrillsville has opened for such notable artists as Stabbing Westward, PIG, Gost and Dance With the Dead, in addition to co-headlining a southwest tour with Precious Child in 2018. He has also written music for the big and small screen, including scoring the experimental animated feature ‘My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea’ (Jason Schwartzman, Susan Sarandon, Maya Rudolph), which is currently on Netflix.
“This EP represents my voice as a producer and artist. These five songs were therapy for me and all have their own vibe and style. My pop sensibility as well as my darker, cinematic and heavier side is represented on this release,” says Rani Sharone.
“Inspiration comes in many forms, but my prime motivation lately has been reality being so fucked up that it makes me escape it and get lost in my writing. Once I get a song idea amd mood sketched out – that’s usually when lyrics present themselves often times coming from scenarios from movies or life experience, but in the case of the ‘The Fever’, the lyrics were directly inspired by the 1960’s Twilight Zone episode also titled The Fever, which in turn heavily inspired the narrative for the video.”
Thrillsville’s music and sound aesthetic is influenced by the music of The Cure, The Sisters of Mercy, Depeche Mode, Revolting Cocks, Mike Patton, Film Music and Bauhaus.
‘The Fever’ is out now, available online digitally everywhere, including Apple Music and Spotify. The full ‘Say Goodbye to the Light’ EP will be released on December 4, but can already be ordered directly from the artist via Bandcamp at https://itsthrillsville.bandcamp.com/album/say-goodbye-to-the-light
CREDITS
Directed, edited and VFX by Precious Child, Shadow Sunrise LLC. Environmental Art/Animation: Patrick Surace
Words/Music by Thrillsville (Rani Sharone)
Recorded and mixed by Rani Sharone & Ulrich Wild
Mastered by Ulrich Wild
Backing vocals by Dominique Lenore Persi
Drums on ‘The Caller’ by Gil Sharone (Marilyn Manson, Dillinger Escape Plan)
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