Blood Red Velvet Debuts: the hottest Beyond Alternative band since REM and 10,000 Maniacs.

Blood Red Velvet made their two-album rich debut today, marking another much anticipated music launch by The Gate. If REM married The Cure and had a happy child, he'd be Blood Red Velvet.

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) February 13, 2004 --Blood Red Velvet made their two-album rich debut today, marking another much anticipated music launch by The Gate. If REM married The Cure and had a happy child, he'd be Blood Red Velvet. In all national retail stores, iTunes, and online worldwide, Blood Red Velvet's music is already catching a wide and appreciative audience. Blood Red Velvet: the name means everything. Visceral, the vibrant color of life itself, and the rich sensuality of velvet - this band is named truly and well. Their name also describes the dominant chords that result in their music. With the popular feel of REM and 10,000 Maniacs taken to a more sophisticated and richer level, Blood Red Velvet is poised to bring the charm and vast appeal of their homebase, New Orleans, to the rest of the world.

For the members of Blood Red Velvet, their music is an evolving compulsion and yet they are also purposeful composers: beautiful vocals that evoke Michael Stipe, full of lush chords like Dennis Drew's of 10,000 Maniacs as well as The Cure. A wild yet structured freedom that has made this music bloom with such passion and explore the visceral undercarriage of people's concerns, fears, and loves as well as the complexities of being human, especially the suffering and joy.

The melodies and rich chords on this first of two albums, "Born Among the Ruins" will enchant anyone with a penchant for the romantic, the spiritual, the beautiful or the unusual -- in fact, they enchant practically everyone. The proof is in the wide variety of listeners who flock to hear Blood Red Velvet, everyone from young music devotees to hip urbanites to youthful adventurers to business professionals who know a great thing when they hear it. The second album, Romeo's Bones, increases the offering. An exemplary track, "Lashes," is a Radiohead/Pink Floyd influenced, dark harmony riff-indulged track. A new REM-like sound with a familiar flavor, but more than enough new taste to excite listeners.

For additional information or review copies of the CDs contact:

The Gate Media Group
6921 Stockton Ave.
El Cerrito, CA 94530
Phone: 510-558-9045
Fax: 510-558-9504
E-mail: sales@gatemedia.com

Availability: Blood Red Velvet's "Romeo's Bones" and "Born Among the Ruins" are available online at www.delvianrecords.com, at your local Barnes & Noble and other national retailers and now in the Apple iTunes Music Store.

About Delvian Records: Delvian Records has proven itself a champion of extreme artistry most recently with the Top 5 Album Debut by Laura Sullivan and another Top 40 album for Mortal Loom, "Addicted to the Tragedy." Mortal Loom's first US release debuted in the Top100 and was a major underground success that led to further sizeable sales in all major retailers, including Barnes & Noble, Borders, FYE, Hear Music and Tower Records. Working with such diverse acts as Rays Music Exchange and remastering the legendary Sopwith Camel, Delvian is pleased to include The G-man, Kyle Swager, Blood Red Velvet, Laura Sullivan and Vivian Khor on the label, all Top 100 charting artists. Delvian is also one of the first independents to become a full member of Apple's iTunes Music Store.

Contact Information:
Benjamin van der Wel
Delvian Records
Phone: 510-558-9045
Fax: 510-558-9504
http://www.delvianrecords.com
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