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VYIE (ˈvī-ə) is the name of a darkly inspirational non-fiction character. VYIE is a four-letter-word. VYIE is a band.
Stories, told through VYIE, may be histories or future perspectives, events from the past or events that haven’t happened yet, and some may be present perspectives. But for more than the entertainment of her wild, imaginative stories, Jessi Monroe and Janey Criss use VYIE as a platform for bringing deathpop (an eskimonic sub-genre characterized by its electronic backbone and layers of darker, melodic clouds) to the forefront of independent music, where sounds are reviewed, discussed and analyzed.
The goal for VYIE on record is to take each song forward, into and through various methods of design. These methods include pairing digital elements with analog ones. Joined by drummer Alec Yeager, the goal of VYIE live is to take each song backward, beyond technical construction and artistic conception, in order to explore each meaning attentively and thematically.
To digress, VYIE began in March of 2012, when friends and protagonists of a like-minded cause – Janey and Jessi – stole three days from their lives of post-wizardry and fashioning, of sorts, in order to conduct a musical writing experiment. The result was an assuming product for the formulaic concoction at hand: boisterous synths, curious minors, acoustic elements, playful rhythms and thick, resolute vocals. Shortly following the experiment, Alec Yeager was invited to add thoughtful battery to the equation. Logistics were discussed, and VYIE became.
VYIE is a band that writes experimental, synth pop hooks and vocal clouds that take you on journeys in the dark, where reality and fantasy bleed into one another and visions begin.
Tour Dates:
02.05 · Mobile, AL – Alabama Music Box
02.06 · New Orleans, LA – The Saint Bar & Lounge
02.08 · Jacksonville, FL – Burro Bar
02.09 · Tampa, FL – New World Brewery
02.10 · Columbia, SC – New Brookland Tavern
02.11 · Raleigh, NC – Deep South
02.12 · Richmond, VA – The Republic
02.14 · New York, NY – Piano’s
02.16 · Baltimore, MD – Club K
02.17 · Pittsburgh, PA – Smiling Moose
02.18 · Cleveland Heights, OH – Pats in the Flats
02.19 · Ypsilanti, MI – Woodruff’s Bar
02.20 · Mishawaka, IN – Wander Inn Tavern
02.21 · Chillicothe, OH – Bub’s
02.22 · New Albany, IN – Dillinger’s
02.23 · Nashville, TN – The End
Previous Praise for VYIE:
“It’s [“Abuse U”] a gliding ambient soundscape that might run placid if it weren’t punctuated by low-end squelch and throb that gives it an interesting murk, breaking the airy lightness with something more foreboding. The visual component, a collage of distorted scenes spliced into disjointed images seems apt for the duo’s abstract, meandering arrangement.”
– Shuffle (September 28, 2012)
“‘Too Far Away’ is another dreamlike snaking slice of chilled out electronica which is the auditory equivalent of being slowly, breathlessly, teased and seduced.”
-The Von Pip Musical Express (September 7, 2012)
“Vyie hasn’t been around long and as far as I know this is their first show in Atlanta but if they keep making catchy, driving and mysterious music that sounds like it was made for cruising down a freeway late at night with the windows down they will be playing many, many more shows all over Atlanta and everywhere else as well.”
– Hiplanta (June 7, 2012)
