“A natural, precious breath; ”All Tomorrow’s Parties” -Tremosphere version prolongs the magic and extends it towards a superior level of perception.” -Raphaël Duprez, indiemusic, France
ABOUT THIS RELEASE:
On the heels of their debut album, Tremosphere release this single, their third - a sweeping post-rock cover of The Velvet Underground's "All Tomorrow's Parties"
"...The sixth and most diaphanous layer of the earth's atmosphere, the Tremosphere is home to sound waves of eerie and unusual frequency, curious and wonderful radio transmissions long feared lost and the mysterious spectral presence of the spirits that seemingly alight there amidst its vaporous, ethereal mists..."
ABOUT THE BAND:
Tremosphere is the cross-continental duo of Sylvia Solanas (lead vocals, spoken word) and Bipolar Explorer co-founder Michael Serafin-Wells (guitars, bass, organ, synth, tape loops, backing vocals, spoken word, percussion).
Featuring Serafin-Wells’s signature post-rock, shoegaze-y guitars and Ms. Solanas’s breathy alto vocals, their sound is a kind of NYC dreampop seasoned with a dash of French wanderlust.
After the release of their debut single, "Lost & Found" (April 2018 -Slugg Records) the band double-released both their debut full-length album, Interiors and a follow-up second single – their post-rock cover of Joy Division’s "She’s Lost Control" – on February 15, 2019.
WFMU debuted tracks from Interiors the very weekend of its release, with Jeffrey Davison pronouncing it “simply gorgeous” and Carol Crow “a lovely debut.” The album version of "Lost & Found" became something of a breakout for the group with indie radio from German’s TSFC, the UK’s Radio Wigwam and Canada’s wonderful Perfect Pitch podcast making it a staple in their rotations by Spring 2019 adding the band’s signature cover of "She’s Lost Control" shortly thereafter. Fellow Canadian broadcasters, KB Indie Radio, followed suit, also bringing "Spirits", the album’s second track, into its own heavy rotation. In June, making their LA radio debut, Highwire Daze’s Brett Miller enthused “get out your headphones – this is music for contemplation and inspiration.”
In addition to her work as the band’s lyricist and lead singer, Ms Solanas is a photographer and filmmaker of some note. The arresting cover images of both "Interiors" and "She’s Lost Control" among them, as well as the series of videos the band released over the spring and summertime of 2019 in support of their debut. From the electric flash-pot imagery (and her charismatic on- camera presence) of the aforementioned "She’s Lost Control", to the dreamy video collage work of "Present Silence" and the breathtaking sea and skyscape twists and turns of "Hidden Fortress" (filmed in one long continuous eight-minute shot along California’s famous Highway 1), Ms. Solanas demonstrates her unique talent and keen eye, perfectly supporting the music itself while adding an unforgettable visual signature. A fourth video, also shot by Ms. Solanas, of the more traditional live-action variety, finds the duo live in studio performing "May Day", the fifth track on "Interiors".
On December 4th, 2019, Sylvia released her first collection of poems – Poèmes (The Ginger Press) – published together with some of her original black and white landscape photography and including a pair of works that inspired, in part, two of the songs on "Interiors", itself.
The band are at work on their second album, INTERIORS's follow up.
INTERIORS and the band’s three singles are available on Slugg Records.
credits
released May 8, 2020
Sylvia Solanas: lead vocals, spoken word.
Michael Serafin-Wells: guitars, bowed guitar, bass, organ, tape loops, spoken word, backing vocals.
Recorded live, noisily and in a hurry at The Shrine- NYC.
Produced by Tremosphere.
Written by Lou Reed c. EMI, Blackwood Music, Inc. (used with permission).
Arranged by Serafin-Wells.
Mastered by Scott Craggs, Old Colony- Boston.
Cover photo by Sylvia Solanas.
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