Venice is Sinking offers new mp3 from AZAR

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Athens’ orchestral rock darlings Venice is Sinking have revealed a new song from their forthcoming full-length AZAR, which is due out March 31st from One Percent Press.-

For this second release the band spent nearly a year recording with the Scott Solter (Pattern is Movement, Mountain Goats, John Vanderslice).-

The first track to be revealed is “Ryan’s Song,” which is actually the second number on the album. The songs draws from an expanding palette of pretty and pastoral tones that thrive on a feeling of gray day melancholy. It’s a marked and somewhat wistful departure from the baroque aspects of their first album, Sorry About the Flowers.-

As such AZAR comes together as a cohesive whole offering that is less of a glacial movement than their debut, but no less engaging. Maybe the name, and corresponding cover art say it all, but the album captures an excellent sense of urban decay and nostalgia for things that are lost... and yes all of the elements for a full-on concept album are there if you’re looking for them.-

“Ryan’s Song”-

Tour Dates-

01.30.09 - Kavarna - Decatur, GA-

02.07.09 - The Art Bar - Columbia, SC-

02.20.09 - 40 Watt Club - CD Release Show - Athens, GA-

03.07.09 - Sky City - Augusta, GA-

03.17.09 - 03.21.09 - SXSW - Austin, TX