Pink Lady Monster
Colorado Home: Denver
What year did your band form: Pink Lady Monster began as a solo recording project in 2020. I wrote and recorded the L0_0k Up Demos in my bedroom(the majority was written during the height of the COVID pandemic). I formed a live band in early 2022 - now Pink Lady Monster is a three man act, with Savanna Johnson on the bass and Gabe Gravangno on the drums.
Latest Release: Pink Lady Monster is set to release a new album by the end of February 2023!
Pronouns: She/Her
About: Pink Lady Monster, at its core, is a celebration of the feminine spirit. Growing up on the fiery energy of Riot Grrrl music, Simone Marie found herself drawn to raw and unapologetic self expression. At first, Pink Lady Monster was only meant to be a recording project - a secret name under which Simone Marie could be whoever she wanted to be. But after the L0_0k Up Demos release Pink Lady Monster gradually began to find a home in Denver's live music scene. Pink Lady Monster now consists of Simone Marie on lead vocals, guitar, and synth, Savanna Johnson on bass, and Gabe Gravangno on the drums.
Plans for the rest of 2022: Pink Lady Monster is buckling down this winter to write and record new songs but look out for us January 20th at the Bluebird Theater, opening for The Velveteers.
Let's give thanks! Coming out of a few tough years with the pandemic, what is the most valuable music lesson you've learned this year? This year has been crazy- I've gone through so many changes. Most importantly, I've realized something that I think I've always known- honesty is all that matters, especially as an artist. As someone who is primarily an introvert/ bedroom producer I've always felt a little uneasy playing for an audience. It's so easy to get caught up in your head, to downplay your emotions, to conceal some aspect of your own fragility, to hide behind lyrics or a stage demeanor. This year I've learned that honest self expression opens so many doors. Letting your guard down, not taking yourself so seriously, being truly real on stage allows the audience into your world and gives them a chance to connect with the music and ultimately themselves. Especially after the pandemic I've realized that there's no point in holding yourself back, everyone wants to connect, and honest expression is the ultimate catalyst.
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Sound of Ceres
Colorado Home: Fort Collins
Now Living: The Hudson Valley, NY (for 7 years!)
What year did your band form: 2016, as we consider the year our first record came out to be our true beginning.
Latest Release: Emerald Sea ft. Narration by Marina Abramović, Jun. 17 2022, Joyful Noise Recordings
Pronouns: they/them
About: By Sasha Geffen (Colorado): Emerald Sea, the third album from New York-based audiovisual project Sound of Ceres, tells the story of how the universe comes to know itself. Rendered in dynamic, ambitious orchestral passages, it forms the basis of future stage performances intended to draw its half-submerged narrative into the visual sphere. In its dreamlike impressions, it could also be the soundtrack to a long-forgotten early musical film - an experience that delighted and transported audiences and then vanished from record, surviving only in the imprint of memory. Written in three acts, Emerald Sea follows two deities who trail each other through the furthest reaches of experience. There is the Universe, all that exists, voiced by performance artist Marina Abramović. And there is Venus, transformer of matter and avatar of love, sung by the group's lead vocalist Karen Hover (who goes by k). Through a dazzling suite of songs inspired by Les Baxter's midcentury exotica, Maurice Ravel's ballet Daphnis et Chloé, and Gustav Holst's The Planets, Emerald Sea studies intimacy on both an interpersonal scale and a cosmological one. Connection and severance, joy and grief, wonder and bewilderment all tumble through its scope. In the widest frame, the universe begins, meets itself, and ends. In the closest frame, two people encounter each other, grow close, and then separate. These stories are two views of the same fractal. In every intimacy human beings cultivate, every rush of connection, no matter how fleeting, we reenact the universe for ourselves. "I envisioned myself journeying through these different realms -- space, the land, the sea, the heavens --and following Marina's character," says k. "I always saw her as a shadow figure that I couldn’t quite figure out." Ryan says, "The album’s story is an allegory for the emergence of mind and meaning from the matter of the universe, and its eventual fading, with a glimmer of hope at the end. "In its current cycle, Sound of Ceres is Derrick Bozich, songwriter, harpist, and flautist; Jacob Graham, synthesist, costumer, and light designer; K Hover, vocalist, lyricist, costumer, and choreographer; and Ryan Hover, songwriter and producer. They recorded Emerald Sea in collaboration with Jon Sonneberg at Ka-Boom studio in Ohio. It was mixed by Nicholas Principe and mastered by Kramer. When you receive it, when its sounds in motion light up your mind's eye, it is also created in collaboration with you.
Plans for the rest of 2022: Perhaps a few more secret shows, relaxing after our fall tour with Beach House, and writing a Christmas song.
Let's give thanks! Coming out of a few tough years with the pandemic, what is the most valuable music lesson you've learned this year? Use the gear, tools, lights, and equipment that you already have in ways you've never used them before to unlock new possibilities.
Website: https://www.soundofceres.com/
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