VIDEOCLIP: Read Demonologies
DIRECTOR: Nelson Moens
Influences
Music We Listen To: Sonic Youth :: Motorpsycho :: The Mars Volta :: Millionaire :: At the drive-in :: Drive Like Jehu :: Pretty Girls Make Graves :: A Perfect Circle :: Nine Inch Nails :: Sparta :: Les Savy Fav :: Bloc Party :: Soon :: Interpol :: Deftones :: The Locust :: Gang Of Four :: Doves :: Guns 'n' Roses :: Radiohead :: Death Cab For Cutie :: QOTSA :: Tool :: Hot Hot Heat :: Blood Brothers :: The Postal Service :: Pinback :: No Knife :: ... Trail Of Dead :: Aereogramme :: Fireside :: Karate :: Hood :: Múm :: Officer Jones... :: Broken Social Scene :: Wixel :: Phoenix :: Test Icicles :: Battles :: Liars :: Omar Rodriguez Lopez :: RATM :: Soulwax :: Mauro :: Styrofoam :: Philip Glass:: The Strokes :: Tokyo Police Club :: Explosions in the sky :: The Residents :: Gorillaz :: The Prodigy :: Klaxons :: dEUS :: The Good The Bad And The Queen :: ...
VIDEOCLIP: Unidentified Flying Subjects
DIRECTOR: Danny Willems (www.dannywillems.com)
'We spread communism by the gallon of gasoline.’
It could be a quote from the German militant group RAF but it is the first line of Vanguard, the second album of experimental rock band The Sedan Vault. This new record shows a developed group that
goes beyond the usual punk and rock influences. Vanguard has got groove, harmony, songs and punch line lyrics.
Although The Sedan Vault did not lose its hardcore edge, the band has spent the past two years to come up with a richer sound and better songs. The beat is groovier, the guitars are smarter and arrangements
vary from electronics to dark brass and Eastern violins. The vocals are more melodic while the lyrics contain catchy phrases. Vanguard is not a second Mardi Gras. The new album combines influences from
both old school artists like Philip Glass and The Residents, and new sounds like The Mars Volta, Battles and Klaxons, which gives Vanguard international character.
When it comes to lyrics, each song is a chapter of a film noir or a crime drama, dealing with schemes, strategies, motives and the rise and fall of a twenty first century arson gang. To vitalize this cinematographic
scenario, several spoken word scenes have been recorded, including guest appearances of Belgian rock icon Arno Hintjens and producer Wim Janssens. Besides them, several visual artists have gotten excited
about the project. Dave Decat for example, who has designed several worldwide campaigns for Carhartt, asked the band to write a detailed story board for him to base the artwork on. Photographer Danny
Willems, known for his collaboration with TC Matic, Arno and Front 242, came up with the idea of a crime scene like photo shoot, trying to capture as much of the Vanguard atmosphere as possible.
In March this year, the Vaults have already been given the opportunity to present this new material in an after show of The Mars Volta at the Ancienne Belgique Club in Brussels. The legendary AB also invited the
band to be their Artist In Residence (01.09.08 - 31.08.09).
The Sedan Vault are certainly not new to the Belgian rockscene: since the release of the debut album Mardi Gras, the band has had more than their share of airplay, reviews and interviews in both papers
and crucial internet-magazines. All this resulted in a nomination for a Zamu-award (best song 2006), four weeks in the Arriba!-list, and a number 1 in the Puur Belgisch-charts (Jim Tv) for three weeks.
Most of all, The Sedan Vault is known for their wild, energetic live shows. And that pays off. The past few years they played Pukkelpop, Dour, Boomtown, Theater Aan Zee and almost every Belgian club such as Ancienne Belgique, Vooruit, Hof
Ter Lo, Soundstation, STUK and Muziekodroom. Besides club shows with bands as Death Cab For Cutie, The Mars Volta, Helmet, Minus The Bear, Nada Surf, Hermano and Coheed and Cambria. Next to shows in France,
Switzerland and Luxembourg, they were invited to the Netherlands to play the renowned clubs and festivals Lowlands, State-X/New Forms and ZXZW.
Abroad they shared stages with Sonic Youth, Mono, Ghinzu, The Datsuns and Face Tomorrow.
In the meantime check these links for further information:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG3IMTcynEk Ik heb een bezigheid gevonden tijdens de te warme dagen ;) kweet wel ni of de tekst rond 1:15 juist is angezien het geschrift in het boeke niet zeer duidelijk is :P
cheers voor de add. We gaan jullie zeker checken op lowlands!! En we houden ons altijd aanbevolen voor de support, je weet toch... ;-) groet Mars //semistereo
Watt soll ich sagen? Wir machen in MERCHANDISE!! English site in progress.
Auf www.band-merch.de gibt es alles was das Merch-Herz begehrt! Wir bedrucken T-Shirts, Caps, Tassen und CDs und stellen Buttons, Flyer, Aufkleber und Plakate her. <-Schaut doch mal bei uns vorbei!-> ..
Just to tell you we have a new song on our MySpace page and we'll be at L'Orangerie, Botanique in Brussels on the 6th of June 7P.M. for Emergenza Final Tour.
Send an email to info.thelink@gmail.com for presales.
