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VIR
Post punk / Shoegaze / Rock

"Recording, Recording, Recording!"

San Francisco BAY AREA, California
United States

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Member Since1/12/2005
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Band Members"Shadow of a Mountain" is out now!
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Sam Sloane: Vocals & Guitar
Jeff Paul: Drums
Natasha Arens: Bass
InfluencesMogwai, Ride, Joy Division, Straitjacket fits, Bailter Space, The Cure, The Catherine Wheel, Doves, The Bats, My Bloody Valentine, Swervedriver, Yo La Tengo, The Chameleons, Sciflyer etc...
Sounds Likeyou haven't heard of us.
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We're currently working our asses off Recording the next Lp and it's going really really well. See you in 2009 with new shows and a fucking rocking new album!!!

VIR’s Shadow of a Mountain blends elements of post-punk and shoegaze to create a glacial, dark and elegant record. Sam Sloane’s mercurial and echo-laden guitar drifts through the record while Natasha Arens and Jeff Paul’s rhythm section build and swell around the escalating tension in Sloane’s vocals.
With the band now based in the SF bay area but with roots in Christchurch, New Zealand, the album contends with a longing for home and a sense of loss despite the idealistic urge for challenge and experience abroad. Drawn to the contradictions and contrasts in the U.S the album contends with a futile attempt and defiant struggle to challenge an insurmountable mountain, as a result, VIR produce an album evocative of the American landscape.
VIR’s music is unashamedly melodic, honest and affecting. The songs are built on an engaging dynamic of fragility, melancholy, ambiance and intensity. Live, the band is uninhibited in communicating songs of love and loss and the fervor with which they play elevates the music to evocative peaks.

- Finally, someone makes this shoegaze revival thing work. Oakland's VIR, formerly called Montana, lays U2-size vocals, melodies, and song structures over sinister, flatline backdrops à la Joy Division. The resulting tension, anchored by singer Sam Sloane's excellent guitar work, creates songs that don't stale.— Nate Seltenrich, East Bay Express

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Form and Fate





Oct 24 2008 10:47 PM

Hey guys! Thank YOU for having us! And for the use of your guitar! See you next weekend,
-Adam
Mister Loveless





Oct 24 2008 6:38 PM

Wonderful show last night! Thank you so much for the new album. If you're free, please come out to Blake's tonight! Hope we can put something together soon.
Take care,
rob
Sensory Motor





Oct 19 2008 5:30 PM

beautiful dreamy tunes
CHRISTINA





Sep 27 2008 6:26 AM

Oh, well look at that!
MEDIA





Sep 21 2008 11:26 PM

cool cant wait!
marit





Aug 24 2008 6:00 AM

hi cutie thinkin of you. saw an old fashioned colorado shoot out tonight between an anarchist and a cop. will send communique later.
love u xx
Geographer





Aug 14 2008 6:28 AM

Hey guys! I'd like to formally invite you to album album release this sunday! Looking forward to meeting you if you can make it out!

mike

Album Release Poster
Half Shark Half Jesus





Aug 12 2008 4:37 PM

New Songs! And the Pink Pillows EP comes out later this month.
Give us another listen and enjoy! -HSHJ
Toiling Midgets





Jul 30 2008 7:49 PM

Thanks Guys - I'm really sorry I arrived late, cuz i heard a lot of good things about your set. We will need to do this again, so keep in touch...
Paul
CLOUD ARCHIVE





Jul 16 2008 6:12 AM

SOBER FLIER!
CLOUD ARCHIVE





Jul 15 2008 6:59 AM

DRUNK FLIER! sorry guys..
Joel





Jun 22 2008 4:17 AM

an honor to be his friends good music
Misfit Mod





Jun 17 2008 5:02 PM

Congrats on the album! Maybe I'll get to see you guys live when I'm in the States next Feb.
Great news!!
Thousandnames





May 21 2008 5:15 PM

Winterland thats a good song
Beckaroo Bonzai





May 4 2008 6:09 PM

that CD is getting some serious heavy play - it's super great.
xo
ILL Gotten GainZ





Apr 29 2008 9:15 AM

Levator





Apr 28 2008 9:43 PM

The pleasure was ours =) It was so great to play with you. Looking forward to the next time. Hope the drive went quickly for you.
C'est la Mort





Apr 27 2008 8:15 PM

Thanks so much for playing Seattle. It was a great show and you're the sweetest folks.
Jezzibell





Apr 27 2008 8:53 AM

You all are my favorite rock stars! And fabulous fremont picnic buddies. Have a safe drive home.
Beckaroo Bonzai





Apr 25 2008 9:37 PM

fab show - better than I could have imagined.
Thanks!
Beckaroo Bonzai





Apr 22 2008 7:42 PM

will you have new stuff with you when you hit pdx?
Michael





Apr 21 2008 5:54 AM

Seattle is waiting for you (me too!)
thebrotheregg





Apr 18 2008 6:51 PM

Thanks for befriending thebrotheregg ! When our new neighbors moved in next door they brought us cookies as a way of saying hello. Well, we have brought over the electronic equivalent of cookies, which is in the form of a gift of free music! Please enjoy a free download of the new thebrotheregg 7 song e.p. of outrageous rock.

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Thanks again!

-tbe
Thousandnames





Apr 14 2008 7:26 PM

Hi all don't forget to check out our new/old song from our recordings!!Photobucket
TOMIHIRA





Apr 12 2008 12:58 AM

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Sam! u back yet mate? lemme know when ya are
PARKER STREET CINEMA





Mar 28 2008 8:35 PM

greetings friend,

got plans this saturday? if not, we beseech you to come watch us share the stage with philadelphia's insanely talented PATTERN IS MOVEMENT at the BIKE KITCHEN. seriously, this show is going to be unreal.

that's:

Pattern Is Movement Parker Street Cinema Worker Bee SATURDAY, MARCH 29 7:00pm - 10:00pm THE BIKE KITCHEN 1256 Mission @ Laskie

cheers!

kevin, ken and brian
parker street cinema
Gloria





Mar 3 2008 8:48 AM

oh, p.s. If you guys need a place to stay, just let us know... there's more than enough space here... for practicing, jamming, sleeping, or doing regular people things.
you know...
Gloria





Mar 3 2008 8:32 AM

yay! see you soon!
hi sam.
Julian Vance





Mar 3 2008 3:09 AM

Fuck yeah vir i'll be your friend. Take over the fucking world. Sam you're the pimpiest pimp the world of pimpin' has ever seen.
Better than Aliens





Feb 14 2008 1:01 AM

Gloria