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Venice is Sinking



Last Updated: 11/17/2009

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Status: Single
City: ATHENS
State: GEORGIA
Country: US
Signup Date: 11/5/2004

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Wednesday, October 07, 2009 
a very positive review of our new EP :

http://www.punknews.org/review/8697

"For the second time this year, Venice Is Sinking dazzles with twangy orchestral indie awesomeness."

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Monday, September 28, 2009 
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009 
our new ep/maxi-single came out yesterday and our video for the song, 'okay' premiered over at paste magazine as well! big day at venice is sinking HQ!

listen to the ep here: http://www.ilike.com/artist/Venice+Is+Sinking/album/Okay

buy the ep here : itunes

watch the video here :

http://www.pastemagazine.com/action/paste_station/view/2089/music/venice_is_sinking_okay

or here (HD version) :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5LZORIPcmw


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Friday, September 04, 2009 
Hey all -

 We're really excited about the upcoming release of our  new EP on September 22nd and would like to share one of the songs with you. It's called "Compass" and it was written by one of our favorite songwriters, Marty Anderson.

Here is a link to Marty's wonderful band:

http://www.myspace.com/okaytheband

Here is a link to download our new song (for free!):

http://somevelvetblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/venice-is-sinking.html

Here is an early review of our new EP:

http://www.fensepost.com/main/2009/08/05/venice-is-sinking-okay-album-review/

Finally, here is place on the internet where you can buy the EP early for only $3.99 (shhh...)

http://www.downloadpunk.com/?webaction=ProductDetail&productid=3014141



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Monday, August 24, 2009 
It's Venice is Sinking here, and we need your help. We are raising money to press our third album via Kickstarter.com and we'd love for you to donate/spread the word/be our sugar daddies. We'd love for it to come out as soon as possible, particularly since we're giving all proceeds to the fine folks at the now-defunct Georgia Theatre.
The album has been in a can for over a year now, as we were waiting for our second album AZAR to be released. The new one was recorded for one wonderful week at the historic Georgia Theatre, live to tape with only two mics. David Barbe, Drive-By Truckers producer and ex-Sugar bassist oversaw the whole operation. We've been very excited about putting it out on vinyl, seeing as the recording process was so old-fashioned. Unfortunately, the Georgia Theatre, a beautiful old theater that stood as a keystone in the Athens music scene, burned down on the morning of June 19th. Having spent so much time there preparing and recording the album, we were crestfallen. At first, we didn't know what to do. We worried about seeming exploitative in the face of this tragedy, but having consulted with owner Wilmot Greene, we've decided to push through with the release of the album, particularly since our album stands as a document of the Theater's peculiar and wonderful acoustics.

You can donate money here:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/veniceissinking/help-us-press-our-third-album

$20 gets you a preorder of the new album and a copy of our new EP! For $2000 we'll write a song for you! Lots of other great rewards in between! Help the Theatre rebuild and help us press our third album.

Wanna know what it sounds like? We stopped by WOXY a few weeks ago and debuted a new song, "Bardstown Road" on their Lounge Act program. "Bardstown Road" is the next-to-last song on the Georgia Theatre Album (title still TBD). This version is a bit different than the recorded one, but it gives you a taste of things to come:

http://woxy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/venice-is-sinking-bardstown-rd-lounge.mp3

Wow! James is really rocking those bass vocals! Anyway, you can download the whole session here:

http://woxy.com/blog/2009/08/11/lounge-act-recap-venice-is-sinking/
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Friday, August 21, 2009 
CMJ ran a story about our fundraising efforts and our Georgia Theatre album. You can read it here:

http://prod1.cmj.com/articles/display_article.php?id=140048117

You can preorder the album and get some cool stuff here:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/veniceissinking/help-us-press-our-third-album

You can listen to an alternate version of one of the songs on the album here:

http://woxy.com/blog/?s=venice+is+sinking


Thanks for listening!

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Monday, August 10, 2009 
Scene SC was nice enough to film our recent set at the new brookland tavern in columbia, sc. watch the full performace here:

http://vimeo.com/5947006


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Wednesday, August 05, 2009 
FensePost had some very kind things to say about our new record (which will be released on September 22nd)!

http://www.fensepost.com/main/2009/08/05/venice-is-sinking-okay-album-review/

Venice Is Sinking

“Okay” by Athens, GA’s Venice Is Sinking, was released earlier this year on their album AZAR; the band is giving it single due diligence in their extended single Okay, out this fall. Naturally, the EP begins with “Okay” before diverting into a few new tracks, “Compass” and “Give Up”. They then round out Okay with alternate versions of the two key hits off AZAR, “Okay” and “Ryan’s Song”, both recorded as Henslee Sessions.
 
“Okay” is a homage to the band Okay (Okay’s Huggable Dust earned my #20 spot on last year’s Best of 2008 list), and Venice Is Sinking follows the AZAR version of the track with two covers of that band. “Compass” begins with cello and a soft drum beat. The slow nature of the song gives it a laid back, romantic feel that would ultimately have given it a welcome home on AZAR. But it works well as a b-side here. “Give Up”, on the other hand, is a true b-side. A viable and excellent song, it just doesn’t have the orchestrated quality of AZAR at the onset. When it does enter, the vocals give the song the sound of early The Arcade Fire.

The “Henslee Session” tracks are perfect. While “Ryan’s Song” maintains much of the original’s fervor, “Okay” has unique elements that give the song an acoustic tenor. What makes this song stand out is the nontraditional usage of percussion. Rather than the brushed sticks found on the original, it begins with what sounds like a typewriter before drums enter partway through. Adding to the differences is an emphasis on orchestration, beginning with an organ and finding its way into violin.
Okay is a beautiful follow-up and outstanding accompaniment to this year’s AZAR, again proving Venice Is Sinking as one of the most impressive artists of 2009.

Venice Is Sinking: Okay [mp3]

Okay by Venice Is Sinking
[CDEP, 2009]
1. Okay (AZAR Version)
2. Compass (Okay Cover)
3. Give Up (Okay Cover)
4. Ryan’s Song (Henslee Session)
5. Okay (Henslee Session)
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Wednesday, August 05, 2009 

$99 music videos talks to karolyn, jason + ethan (www.eikonic.com) about the making of the ryan's song video via webcam!


http://www.99dollarmusicvideos.com/makingof/episode/99MV_20090804



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Monday, August 03, 2009 
you can download a recent live performance + interview here:

http://www.woxy.com/music/loungeacts/index.php?id=391


Track Listing:

Ryan's Song
Okay
- interview -
Iron Range
Bardstown Rd. (new/unreleased)
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