The KVB

Cold wave duo The KVB are today sharing the title-track for their forthcoming album ‘Tremors’, which is being released this Friday, 5 April via Invada Records (Gazelle Twin, Beak, Billy Nomates).

The new single oozes new wave cool, staccato guitar lines are interwoven with a rigid electronic beat as a wash of moody vocals and sparkling synths combine to mesmeric effect. Filmed at the Barbican, the music video shares a distorted and degraded view of the iconic brutalist structure with the band posing in front of the camera like holiday makers at the end of the world.

The band explain that “Tremors is about defiance in the face of crushing waves of change. Sometimes embracing and accepting its fate, but also concern for the uncertainties of the future. During our third North American Unity tour of 2022, we experienced extreme natural events. The tour began in Mexico City with an earthquake of magnitude 7.7, and ended in the aftermath of a hurricane in Florida. These forces of nature are referenced in the lyrics and are echoed in the post-punk energy of the track with the stabbing guitars, gale-like synth pads and seismic wave-esque effected vocals.”

The KVB have already released two tracks from their new record, ‘Overload’ and ‘Labyrinths’, both of which showcase the darker sound that embodied their earliest releases whilst retaining the infectious pop of their last album ‘Unity’.

The band have dubbed their new album ‘dystopian pop’, and wrote it with the live show in mind; full of energy, hooks and dynamic moments. On the album’s subject matter, the band explain that they have “expanded on previous album themes of dystopia, apocalypse and the human condition, but with a more pessimistic outlook and deeper distrust than before. It also touches on themes of loss, and the resistance, lament and acceptance of inevitable change.”

Writing the album between Manchester and Bristol, and recording alongside James Trevascus (Billy Nomates, RVG), the band have drawn on their own back catalogue and the music that inspired them at the very beginning of their artistic journey. The end result is the most complete album from The KVB to date, full of emotive impact and pop hooks presented in a uniquely shadowy atmosphere and with an idiosyncratic detachment that adds to the cinematic quality of their sound.

Formed in 2010, The KVB's music has long reflected Nicholas Wood and Kat Day’s mastery of atmosphere as their sound evolved over the course of the 2010s. Early releases dealt in brittle beats and sonic blasts that evoked Cabaret Voltaire and the Jesus and Mary Chain in equal measure, but the duo's style has gradually become more streamlined and sharp-edged on each record since.

Cold wave duo The KVB are back with news of their new album ‘Tremors’ which is being released on 5 April via Invada Records (Gazelle Twin, Beak, Billy Nomates). This news comes after a brand new single and video lifted from the record, ‘Labyrinths’, on which The KVB return to the darker sound that embodied their earliest releases whilst retaining the infectious pop of their last album ‘Unity’ which MOJO described as having a “sense of wonderment throughout”.

The band have dubbed their new album ‘dystopian pop’, and wrote it with the live show in mind; full of energy, hooks and dynamic moments. On the album’s subject matter, the band explain that they have “expanded on previous album themes of dystopia, apocalypse and the human condition, but with a more pessimistic outlook and deeper distrust than before. It also touches on themes of loss, and the resistance, lament and acceptance of inevitable change.”

Writing the album between Manchester and Bristol, and recording alongside James Trevascus (Billy Nomates, RVG), the band have drawn on their own back catalogue and the music that inspired them at the very beginning of their artistic journey. The end result is the most complete album from The KVB to date, full of emotive impact and pop hooks presented in a uniquely shadowy atmosphere and with an idiosyncratic detachment that adds to the cinematic quality of their sound.

Formed in 2010, The KVB's music has long reflected Nicholas Wood and Kat Day’s mastery of atmosphere as their sound evolved over the course of the 2010s. Early releases dealt in brittle beats and sonic blasts that evoked Cabaret Voltaire and the Jesus and Mary Chain in equal measure, but the duo's style has gradually become more streamlined and sharp- edged on each record since.

Vinyl pressed on translucent red vinyl and housed in a delixe spined sleeve with 2 x printed inserts. CD is presented as a digipack.