Born Among the Ruins

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
BLOOD RED VELVET: the name means everything. Visceral, the vibrant color of life itself, and the rich sensuality of velvet - this band is named truly and well. Their name also describes the dominant chords that result in their music. With the popular feel of REM and 10,000 MANIACS taken to a more sophisticated and richer level, BLOOD RED VELVET is poised to bring the charm and vast appeal of their homebase, NEW ORLEANS, to the rest of the world.

For the members of BLOOD RED VELVET, their music is an evolving compulsion and yet they are also purposeful composers: beautiful vocals that evoke THE CURE, full of lush chords like DENNIS DREW'S that spring from generations of classically trained pianists into the white-hot style of New Orleans. A wild yet structured freedom that has made this music bloom with such passion and explore the visceral undercarriage of people's concerns, fears, and loves as well as the complexities of being human, especially the suffering and joy.

The melodies and rich chords on their first two albums, BORN AMONG THE RUINS and ROMEO'S BONES, will enchant anyone with a penchant for the romantic, the spiritual, the beautiful or the unusual -- in fact, they enchant practically everyone. The proof is in the wide variety of listeners who flock to hear BLOOD RED VELVET, everyone from young music devotees to hip urbanites to youthful adventurers to business professionals who know a great thing when they hear it.

Album Description
If REM married The Cure and had a happy child, he'd be Blood Red Velvet. On BORN AMONG THE RUINS, "Reaction" and "Redemption" combine Michael Stipe's vocals and Dennis Drew's Guitar work from 10,000 Maniacs. This combination brings out new yet familiar sounds that will enchant any listener.

Tracks:

Too Much Wine
Halfway
Can I Get a Reaction
Black Eyed Susans
Redemption
Moonlight
A Touch in an Obvious Place
If I Fall
Angry Sarah
Charcoal Road
On a Whim
In the Back Seat
Fused Bodies
Idle State
U Ain't No Angel
Rocking Chair

Product Description

1. Too Much Wine
2. Halfway
3. Can I Get A Reaction
4. Black Eyed Susans
5. Redemption
6. Moonlight
7. Touch In An Obvious Place, A
8. If I Fall
9. Angry Sarah
10. Charcoal Road
11. On A Whim
12. In The Back Seat
13. Fused Bodies
14. Idle State
15. U Ain't No Angel
16. Rocking Chair

Format: CD