EPK – Dead Velvet – Dogs (2022) (single)
Publicist – Jon Asher – jon[@]ashermediarelations[.]com
“The Dogs is the first song that we decided to share with the world and we chose this one because we find it well represents the general sound and musical aesthetic that we’re going for. It’s a blistering tale of lost love and trying to push past all the pain in a relationship to make it work when, really, it would probably make more sense to just leave. It’s about empty promises and broken dreams, and I think that’s something that many people have been through and a message that almost all of us can connect with on some level.” – Jesse – Vocals
“We can’t wait to show the world what we’ve been cooking. We worked on this track (and many others) for a long time and slowly moulded it into exactly what it was meant to be. We think it represents us very well musically and lyrically and is a great precursor to the music we’re going to be releasing in the future.” – Stretch – Guitar
For fans of Deftones, Stray From The Path, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Emmure
Single Title: The Dogs
Release Date: January 21, 2022
Label: Self-Release
Distribution: Distrokid
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L-R – Jesse (Vocals), Corey (Bass), Stretch (Guitar), Tylor (Drums)
Based out of Montreal, Quebec, Dead Velvet is a metal band formed in 2021. Striving to serve up their own poetic blend of atmospheric chaos, dirty grooves and emotional turmoil, they are set out to provide provocative, intense, no bullshit performances. Pulling in influences from multiple genres including nu-metal, hardcore, hip-hop and everything in between, they are sure to make you move your feet. Their first single “The Dogs”, recorded with Maxime Lacroix of House Of Gain studios, will be out in early 2022. With a multitude of other bone-crushing tunes in the works, Dead Velvet are making their way to a stage near you.
BAND STORY ANGLES / FUN FACTS:
1. Originally, the band was called Gorilla Finger. I was playing the game Would You Rather on someone’s phone and the question was “Would you rather finger a gorilla or have a gorilla finger you?”, and I found the words “gorilla” and “finger” so phonetically pleasing together. It sounded really funky but after asking several people what they preferred between the two names, we eventually decided to go with Dead Velvet. I didn’t want to let the name Gorilla Finger go but Dead Velvet really grew on me. – Stretch – Guitar
2. In 2016 our drummer Tylor and bassist Corey were starting a band called “ Act On Impulse” and they actually hit me up to be their vocalist, I was definitely interested in the project and wanted to jam with them but I was already in two projects at the time, one being Junkowl in the early stages of its creation and because of my schedule I didn’t have the time. Fast forward 5 years and I saw Dead Velvet forming and saw a couple Instagram stories of them playing and honestly thought to myself “Damn I wish I was a part of this project” and then not long after Tylor sent me a message saying they were looking for a vocalist, they sent me two tracks at like midnight and I was so stoked and inspired by the music that I wrote the lyrics for both of them that night and recorded vocals the next day in my kitchen. We jammed a couple days after that and it’s been nothing but good times ever since. – Jesse – Vocals
3. I came up with my own tuning that we use for all our songs. Different tunings inspire different riffs and I wanted to have a new approach when writing for this band. I also had to figure out a way to make all the weird guitar parts more playable. – Stretch – Guitar
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Single Title: The Dogs
Release Date: January 21, 2022
Label: Self-Release
Distribution: Distrokid
Track Listing:
1. The Dogs (3:57)
Single Recording Credits:
• All songs performed by: Dead Velvet
• All songs written by: Dead Velvet
• Produced by: Dead Velvet
• Mixed by: Maxime Lacroix
• Mastered by: Maxime Lacroix
• Single Artwork by: Dead Velvet
• Member of SOCAN
• Canadian Content (MAPL)
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