For those unaware, the Swiss alternative rock band DIRTY VELVET will release their debut album Far Beyond The Moon this spring via Fastball-Music / BOB-MEDIA.

The band was founded in Lausanne / Switzerland in 2019 and since then has attracted a lot of attention with their live performances, especially in their home country.

The album’s ten tracks grew organically over the years until the decision was made to head into the studio to record the album in 2022.

1. Moon
2. Bastards
3. Another Reality
4. You No Me
5. Queen of Decadence
6. Message
7. Fight Together
8. No No No
9. Forbidden Fruit
10. I’m Standing

This fantastically melodic metal-rock album, that whilst sounding fresh, also careens with veins of mid-80s rock, opens on the robust Moon and the captivating Bastards and then brings us the free flowing, psych-prog of Another Reality, the veritably ethereal yearn within You No Me, and the foot-tapper Queen of Decadence.

The bass-led rocker Message is up next and is itself followed by the robustly alt, drum-led beauty Fight Together, and then comes the arioso balladry of No No No, the album rounding out on the canorous mid-tempo rock of Forbidden Fruit, closing on the barnstorming I’m Standing.

DIRTY VELVET deliver an extremely diverse sound, which, alongside punk metallic influences, has a healthy bit of early SONIC YOUTH influences, while always remaining crisp and melodic.

The band knows how to fluctuate between quiet passages and snotty, cracking sounds, whereas the voice of singer Ekaterina (Kathy) resonates with a good shot of ’70s female punk.

Far Beyond The Moon sounds carefree, snotty and refreshingly non-constructed. Straightforward rock music from the heart and soul.

The band will release two singles plus video clips in support of the album and will play some live shows this year, which will hopefully take them beyond the Swiss borders.

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