Logo
DiS Needs You: Save our site »
  • Logo_home2
  • Records
  • In Depth
  • In Photos
  • Blog
  • Podcast
  • Search
  • Community
  • Records
  • In Depth
  • Blog
  • Community

THIS SITE HAS BEEN ARCHIVED AND CLOSED.

Please join the conversation over on our new forums »

If you really want to read this, try using The Internet Archive.

Viarosa

Bio

Following their recent mini-album 'Porous', Viarosa release their full debut album 'Where the Killers Run' on Pronoia Records, Septerber 12th 2005.

Led by singer-songwriter Richard Neuberg, the band's line-up has been forged over the last five years. They are;
Josh Hillman on violin and viola (Josh is also a core member of Boston's acclaimed Willard Grant Conspiracy); Nick Simms on drums (Nick has also been the drummer with Cornershop); Rob McHardy on guitars, lap steel, banjo and mandolin; Mick Young on stand-up and electric bass, and Emma Seal singing backing vocals.

Many of the songs on 'Where The Killers Run' have been crafted as if they belonged to some distant mediaeval past. Richard Neuberg's songs tell of "cannons calling," of "poor men praying," and of "kings and princes hanging out the dead". They are mythic ballads - stories of sin and salvation, of persecution and redemption - into which Richard manages to weave elements of his own difficult life stories.

No doubt due to their choice of instrumentation, the music of Viarosa is sometimes defined as a version of 'Americana', but on closer listening, there is something quite different, quite distinctly 'Anglicana' about Viarosa's own brand of folk-rock.

Releases

  • Where The Killers Run Where The Killers Run

Tickets

Links

  • Viarosa - Official Site
Drowned in Sound
  • DROWNED IN SOUND
  • HOME
  • SITE MAP
  • NEWS
  • IN DEPTH
  • IN PHOTOS
  • RECORDS
  • RECOMMENDED RECORDS
  • ALBUMS OF THE YEAR
  • FESTIVAL COVERAGE
  • COMMUNITY
  • MUSIC FORUM
  • SOCIAL BOARD
  • REPORT ERRORS
  • CONTACT US
  • JOIN OUR MAILING LIST
  • FOLLOW DiS
  • GOOGLE+
  • FACEBOOK
  • TWITTER
  • SHUFFLER
  • TUMBLR
  • YOUTUBE
  • RSS FEED
  • RSS EMAIL SUBSCRIBE
  • MISC
  • TERM OF USE
  • PRIVACY
  • ADVERTISING
  • OUR WIKIPEDIA
© 2000-2025 DROWNED IN SOUND