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Unwelcome Digital Visitor

by Paper Rock Scissors

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The colour ends 03:14
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2.
Nero 03:27
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3.
Thin air 05:02
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4.
Missing 04:00
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5.
Cut 04:41
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6.
The uncertainty of being 05:15
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7.
Clear 05:29
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8.
Pianohead 04:00
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Mesmerized 04:02
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10.
When 04:15
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Dead letter 04:53
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12.
Stateliner 791 04:40
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Welcome to the light of day

Lost indie darlings back from oblivion...

From the day they first formed in Adelaide, Australia back in 1990, The Violets were an enigma. Created from a fusion of shimmering guitar lines, sonic abstraction and an almost cinematic vision, they smashed together light and dark, and made beautiful agony dance cheek-to-cheek with pretty mystery. It was pop, it was prog, it was flat out indie rock – but it was never quite like anything else.

After the burst of critical acclaim, industry awards and nationwide airplay that greeted releases like Subtitle, Somewhere and debut album Leased Regret, the quartet endured a mid-90s hiatus after personal and contractual issues disrupted their upward momentum.

Yet, even as the wagons circled and the attention of radio programmers and punters drifted, The Violets were writing their most sophisticated material; brooding, atmospheric songs strewn with literary allusion, dark psychology and bohemian playfulness.

Then, in 2001, their mysterious underground allure was cemented with one final act of ‘release and retreat’. A glittering, glowering, nigh prescient record, Unwelcome Digital Visitor, and then…nothing. The album got withheld and the band broke up.

Now, seventeen years later, The Violets will finally release UDV (as they call it). Its ten tracks mark a moment in time, artistically and personally for a band that always sought to mold their various influences into an idiosyncratic brand of alt-rock adventure.

The emergence of Unwelcome Digital Visitor is a rare moment in music archaeology; a buried treasure disinterred. For their hometown fans and worldwide cult audience, the sound of The Violets knocking on their door after all these years will surely be a very welcome surprise.
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released October 15, 2018

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released March 24, 2022

Photography: Ash Starkey
Graphic design: Brad Wright
Cover model: Max Bowden
All songs written & performed by The Violets
Mixed & produced by Brett Sody & The Violets
Recorded @ Kong Studios Adelaide

© Paper Rock Scissors Records 2018

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Paper Rock Scissors Adelaide, Australia

A 'Fiercely Independent' Australian Record Label, specialising in 'Musical Art', for arts' sake!
EST: 2005
WHY DO WE MAKE MUSIC?
Of all the creative art-forms, could it be that music is the most exciting?
In a single moment, it can contain everything that art has to offer.
We've spent all of our lives, trying to be 'half as good' as our heroes,
'hopefully', we will never cease trying.... ... more

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