South London duo VLMV seems to dwell on slow-moving beauty.
The pair – Pete Lambrou and Ciaran Morahan – have an interest in ambient composition, as well as the links between modern classical and electronic.
Uniquely atmospheric, their brooding, cinematic music has a sharply visual quality, painting in lugubrious dollops of sound.
New album 'Stranded, Not Lost' emerges on February 16th, and it's a wonderfully concise document, something that feels truly unified and whole.
New cut 'If Only I' airs first on Clash, and it recalls the post-rock of Sigur Ros melded to the post-classical of the Erased Tapes catalogue.
Pete Lambrou: "'If Only' I was the first track written for 'Stranded, Not Lost' and really set the tone for the rest of the album. I was reading a lot of dystopia at the time and I really wanted to get across a regretful nostalgia and the inability to say goodbye. I think that's the underlying fear throughout the album, not of a post apocalyptic world but of everything coming undone."
Tune in now.
Catch VLMV at the following shows:
March
16 London Archspace (Album Launch Show)
22 Glasgow Glad Cafe
23 Leeds The Fox & Newt
24 Derby Dubrek Studios
25 Brighton Prince Albert
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