VONAMOR teases ‘You The People’ ahead of debut album reveal

There has been so much great music released over the past year and, admittedly, there’s been far too much to consider for one independent blog without a full-time staff. I read recently that, just in terms of streaming, there are 24,000 songs added every day, amounting to approximately 1 million tracks every six weeks. It’s mind-boggling. Of course, we are appreciative when we receive a new music recommendation on high authority from someone’s opinions we respect. So many underground bands have made their way into the pages of this blog through such channels. Today is no exception as we introduce you to a somewhat mysterious three-piece of music mavericks hailing from the Italian capital.

Who are these mysterious artists? None other than the alternative electronic trio VONAMOR – consisting of sisters Giulia Bottaro (voice, bass, metal flute) and Francesca Bottaro (drum station, sequencer, sax, clarinet), together with vocalist Luca Guidobaldi. Formed in Rome five years ago to create music and images for short films, they ultimately developed into a trio.

This dark and defiant song speaks of a world – the one we call home – where human lives are severely challenged by unintelligible and deeply rooted mechanisms of power, submission and protest. The track combines male and female vocals in a dialogue that is dense and full of tension, where English and Italian tongues intertwine with both hammering electronic sounds and the smooth sounds of saxophone, clarinet and flute, its creators intent on dragging the listener into a maelstrom of emotion.

We are pleased to showcase their complex, yet stunning new single – ‘You the People’. This is one of eight tracks on their coming long-player, produced by Lucio Leoni – a crystal key track capable of unlocking our imagination as the narrators explore the demise of humanity. Charismatic and talented, their goth electronica breathes with avant garde sensibilities and diverse influences, delivering a song that is unique and haunting.

‘You The People’ underlines VONAMOR’s dialecticism and style, as well as their will to convey originality and sensuality, even when menacing, with passion and intensity. Eternally playing with words and sounds, they never lose sight of the rhythmic, Dyonisian and captivating soul of their electro dark, post-punk vision.

“Through our darkwave music and words, we search for the question, the ambiguity, the multiform influence of a variety of demons. We feel the urgency of questioning ourselves, our fellow human beings and the reality around us,” says Giulia Bottaro.

This new offering follows up the lead track ‘Take Your Heart’ and its intriguing video, directed and edited by Fabio Santomauro, which has been met with international acclaim. Last year, the trio also released the singles ‘Never Betray Us’ and ‘Fast-Forward Girl’.

“VONAMOR is an escape plan, our treasure island, a thick and savage jungle that gives you the chance to let your prayers and whispers reverberate like a church. We used the music in this album to walk paths that we hadn’t known before, to connect Rome to Paris to Berlin to Beijing, to mix techno music with folk, to let our voices and bodies mingle and dance to an incredibly weird yet familiar beat, and finally to search for a boom of love and light into the dark of our everyday life: yes, VONAMOR is a boom!” says Luca Guidobaldi.

As of January 20, ‘You The People’ will be available across online stores and streaming platforms, including Apple Music, Tidal, Deezer, Spotify and elsewhere. The full-length album, slated for release – both digitally and on CD – on February 18, can be pre-ordered directly from Time To Kill Records.

ALBUM TRACK LIST (digital)
01. Empire + 2049
02. Lucky You
03. Never Betray Us
04. Take Your Heart
05. You the People
06. Mother Night
07. Fast-Forward Girl
08. Wilderness

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