Manitoba based four piece Virgo Rising brings us their latest single “Shoes” off of their October 13th EP Vampyre Year. Simply put, this is a sublime, guitar-forward bedroom indie rock song guided by vocalist Emiy Sinclair’s dulcet tones. I said to myself whilst listening, “Self, ya know each note and minute sounds present, so deliberately placed, and painstakingly put together.” Oddly enough as I started reading more about the band I learned that this… was not only true as my ears heard it, but there was a bit of a backstory too. As per the band, they implemented a veto system on crafting Vampyre Year that initially worked a little too well and went back to the drawing board. Coming back fresh after a year away from recording, the band reworked the EP from scratch and made it a cohesive group effort.
As far as comparisons go, the sound and attention to detail reminded me a lot of one of my personal favorites bands, Now Now (formerly known as Now Now Every Children) or Big Thief. Absolutely don’t sleep on Virgo Rising if you like what you hear. With this being their second EP and making it through a mini band crisis, we’ll hopefully be hearing more from this band soon.
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