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Artist
The Violet Hour
12+ albums
ethereal wavedream popethereal gothProgressive rockindie
about
There are at least five bands with the name "The Violet Hour". The tracks which can be downloaded from last.fm and the band picture is from number 2. 1. The Violet Hour were an early 90s act that straddled progressive rock, goth and folk. They released one album, The Fire Sermon and two CD singles, Could Have Been and Falling on Sony. With songs characterised by thoughtful flute interludes, subtle guitar, distinctive bluesy vocals and effective strings & keyboards they were swallowed up by the UK musical wasteland of 1991. They supported Marillion on the Holidays In Eden tour. Line up: Doris Brendel - vocals, flute, acoustic guitar. Mark Waite - keyboards. Martyn Wilson - guitars. Andrew Fox - bass. Sean Holborn - drums. 2. The Violet Hour is a musical foursome from Copenhagen, Denmark. The members have been playing in various rock bands for half a decade, but in the fall of 2000 the four friends decided to team up and explore the realms of lo-fi folk rock. Daniel Rastén writes the lyrics, sings and plays guitar. The others play bass, drums, guitars, melodica, banjo, saw and piano, they also do background vocals, the line-up varies with the expression of the music. Despite the many different instruments used the musical expression always remains minimalistic, uniting lo-fi and folkrock. Although the sources of inspiration are many, with life itself being the main influence, names such as Karate, Leonard Cohen, Neil Young and Codeine could be worth mentioning. At least to g
