Velvet Vega is a Post-punk/Electro-punk/Darkwave duo from Livorno (IT). The band consists of Chiara Lucarelli (lead vocals, synths) and Francesco Sorgente (guitar, programming), who after leaving their previous project, decided to move on a new one, much more representative of their new sound. During summer 2018 they entered the studio with Niccolò Mazzantini (Appaloosa) to produce their first full-length album “Collapsing”, released via Swiss Dark Nights label. The homonym first single, with its powerful synth and guitar riffs, is highly explosive, dynamic and it shouts loud the pain of living in an increasingly detached world. The entire album is a self-exploration into the deepest and darkest emotions and insecurities. It also expresses the awareness of living with “monsters” inside and outside us, representing a sort of catharsis at the same time. “Collapsing” was recorded, mixed and mastered at the Orfan Record Studio by Mazzantini. He skilfully mixed the band's sound using analogue synths and drum machines, giving a deeper and more powerful sound to the album.
Or so the blurb goes…in more simple terms it is what it says on the tin, post-punk/electro/darkwave duo from Italy.