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The River Announce Violet Violent Sine Waves EP out Friday

This Friday, June 5, Bandcamp is doing another fee-waiving event where bands will take in the entirety of the money on their releases. This will be the third time it’s happened, and already last time, we saw bands putting out special releases and things like that in order to take advantage. As time and pandemic-lockdowns proceed, more bands have more recordings — can’t play shows, gotta do something — and so we see London’s The River with a quick turnaround from their 2019 long-player, Vessels into White Tides (review here), with the new EP, Violet Violent Sine Waves, which, indeed, was tracked during lockdown.

It’ll be name-your-price, but if there was ever an occasion to throw the band a few pounds, it’s the waived-fee day. I haven’t heard the release yet, but it’s got one new songs and it seems like three others from the last record redone in some quieter fashion — acoustics? pianos? who knows. Either way, this is a direct example of something that probably wouldn’t be coming out in the form it is without the occasion Bandcamp are sponsoring, so consider the interplay between patronage and creativity right there as you sit and consider the price you’ll name. Support matters.

Here’s the info I have:

the river violet violent sine waves

The River – New EP

A companion piece of sorts to 2019’s critically acclaimed ‘Vessels Into White Tides’, ‘Violet Violent Sine Waves’ was recorded in lockdown, March-May 2020, during the global Coronavirus Pandemic. Comprising three songs reworked from the aforementioned album, as well as a brand new composition, the music has been painted in subtler & softer tones, showcasing a maturity to the band’s songwriting & craft whilst retaining the integrity of the original recordings.

‘Violet Violent Sine Waves’ will be released on June 5th 2020 as a pay-what-you-want download from the band’s Bandcamp site & will be streaming across all the usual sites within due course.

Line-up
Jenny Newton – Guitars, Vocals, Strings, Percussion
Christian Leitch – Guitars, Percussion
Stephen Morrissey – Bass
Jason Ludwig – Drums

facebook.com/riverbanduk
riverbanduk.bandcamp.com/
instagram.com/_riverbanduk/
https://open.spotify.com/album/5sWZYcfQ9FgaLxkSJAleQ0
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYGlhUlzveouAu6byo6j6TQ

The River, “Vessels” official video

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