Screen Vinyl Image

Hailing from Arlington, VA, Screen Vinyl Image is the husband-and-wife duo of Kim and Jake Reid, whose ties with Virginia’s long-standing shoegaze scene (Ceremony, Skywave, Alcian Blue, The Offering) perpetuate the tradition of dark noisy destruction layered over well-crafted song writing. Their electrifying sound – a combination of extremely loud guitars, fuzzed-out noise, drum machine beats, and glacial electronics – provides a doom-laden and claustrophobic quality that calls to mind the eternally depressed post-punk heroes Joy Division and The Cure, yet it retains a pop sensibility that is just about audible beneath a Wall of Sound that pays tribute to The Jesus & Mary Chain.

SVI’s themes of hallucinatory dystopia and science fiction motifs will find their way to the record stores in the guise of a new full-length album scheduled for a 2013 release; in the mean time, keep your eyes peeled for an upcoming tape, featuring the single Too Much Speed, the original mix of Stay Asleep, a remastered version of the now out-of-print debut EP, The Midnight Sun, and live recordings.

Related posts

Retrolust Retrolust is a Californian duo that sashays into your various sensory organs with a vibrant revival of synthpop tweaked with modern electronic elements and salty tongue-in-cheek lyrics. Nov 6, 2008 0 Comments

Remembrance Days This compilation features 60 songs from the post-punk era (1978-1984) by bands like The Chameleons, Bauhaus, Siouxsie & The Banshees, The Cure, and The Sound. May 1, 2010 7 Comments

Ulterior Ulterior's blend of raw electronic sounds, attacking drum machines, and shoegazing guitars draws comparisons to a large mixture of artists including The Jesus and Mary Chain, Suicide,... Read more Jul 1, 2009 1 Comment