{"id":42606,"date":"2016-02-09T02:22:39","date_gmt":"2016-02-09T08:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com.php72-4.lan3-1.websitetestlink.com\/?p=30566"},"modified":"2016-02-09T02:22:39","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T08:22:39","slug":"violent-soho-drop-alternative-gem-viceroy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/music\/violent-soho-drop-alternative-gem-viceroy\/","title":{"rendered":"Violent Soho drop alternative gem &#8220;Viceroy&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/violentmain.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30567\" src=\"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/violentmain.jpg\" alt=\"violentmain\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is Violent Soho.<\/p>\n<p>They are from Australia and make perfect alt-90&#8217;s grungey indie rock.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever got chills from the perfect Dinosuar Jr song&#8230; Violent Soho will share their drugs with you.<\/p>\n<p>There is a raw vulnerability in singer\u00a0Luke Boerdam reaching for notes he can&#8217;t hit, but somehow sounds better because of it.<\/p>\n<p>Violent Soho ride the admirable line between ragged distortion and crisp pop sensibilities&#8230; a formula Nirvana, Mudhoney, and the Pixies embraced.<\/p>\n<p>A formula Violent Soho proudly staples across their sound on their upcoming album, &#8220;WACO&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;<\/em>WACO<em>&#8220;<\/em>, explains singer, guitarist and songwriter Luke Boerdam, is like &#8220;Hungry Ghost<i>&#8220;<\/i>\u2019s older sister:<em>\u00a0<\/em><em>&#8220;<\/em>Hungry Ghost&#8221;<em>\u00a0<\/em>dealt with the spiritual skeleton we\u2019ve become from this spoon-fed reality. &#8220;WACO<em>&#8220;<\/em>\u00a0is more about control and illusion: what the skeleton is being fed.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Anticipating the release,\u00a0the band has let loose\u00a0the second advance single called, &#8220;Viceroy&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>This is Violent Soho hitting the peak of their stride&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Violent Soho - Viceroy (Official Audio)\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4sHArWki1aQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The band dropped one other single\u00a0in advance of the new album, called, &#8220;Like Soda&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>This band does alt-90&#8217;s better than 98% of the bands that made the 90&#8217;s cool enough to inspire this band&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Violent Soho - Like Soda (Official Video)\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hRWi-SvzviY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And if you are still checking this band out&#8230; listen to, &#8220;Dope Calypso&#8221;&#8230; the track that turned Modern Fix onto these demi-gods of alternative crunchy freshness.<\/p>\n<p>Smashing Pumpkins wish they could have written a song this good&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Violent Soho - Dope Calypso (Official Video)\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J6LM-5-oC-k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/violentpic.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30568\" src=\"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/violentpic.png\" alt=\"violentpic\" width=\"904\" height=\"602\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is Violent Soho. 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