+comunity+ KONZERT:SonOfTheVelvetRat

[velvet at mur.at]

Am Mittwoch, den 4. Mai spielt SON OF THE VELVET RAT (Georg Altziebler, solo) im
Elektrogönner (Wien):

Mi| 4.05.2005 | 21.00 Uhr | Elektrogönner |Mariahilferstraße 101/1 | 1060 Wien


http://www.velvetrat.mur.at,
http://www.sonofthevelvetrat.com
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Amerikanische und österreichische Pressestimmen zu SOTVR:

"Öfters war in diesem Zusammenhang auch von melancholischen Großstadtballaden zu
lesen, von der Lakonie eines Townes van Zandt oder der abgehobenen Esoterik
eines Nike Drake. Völlig zu Recht." (Christian Schachinger, der Standard,
Jänner 2005)"

"Gänsehautgarantie ... Wie wir wissen, schneit es manchmal ja auch im April.."
(Andreas Russ, Kurier, März 2004)"

"...atmosphärische, bisweilen hochgradig rührende Songsammlung in plüschigem
Dunkelgrau" (Gerhard Stöger, Falter, Wien, März 2004)

"Songs als schmächtige Gebilde, die sich um eine fragile Singstimme ranken und
mit elegischer Grazie unter die Haut schleichen." (Robert Buchschwenter, Die
Presse; April 2004)

Son of the velvet rat reach back to ... the bottomless pain of Leonard Cohen and
the mordant reflection of Tindersticks … there's some dark majesty at work
here." (Suzie Q, logo magazine,  London, April 2004)

Heartbreakingly beautiful, slow, minimal folk. Think Will Oldham, mellow tracks
Iron and Wine, quiet Sun Kil Moon, but even more low key. Pretty, meditative,
slow, stripped down, slightly distorted, and with lots of acoustic guitar
picking and haunting harmonium sound. Can you believe something so pretty came
out of the land of the Schwarzenegger? (no, I don’t mean California). (Mor, KZSU
Radio, Stanford/CA, June 2004)

"The vocalist carries on the tradition of Leonhard Cohen as filtered through the
modern sensibilities of Tindersticks' Stuart Staples – all moody mumbles and
heart-wrenching poetry..." (Listen.com, RewiewXII/2004)

The simplistic ballads are mystical, enlightened, and the haunting music is at
its paramount. The penetrating pieces are beautiful, romantic, fragile, and
magical. Dark melancholy permeates the lyrics laced with recurring themes of
alienation and loneliness. Thoughts of disconnection and isolation accentuate
the prophetic, foreboding song writing. The gloomy, echoing tunes are
simplicity at its best.
(Christine Beals, one times one, April 2004)

"Few albums focused on loneliness and lost love have hit as accurately with the
immediacy of Son of the Velvet Rat’s By My Side. Altziebler has crafted a warm
LP of gritty songs about life’s worries and darkest hours. His words, his
melodies, his voice all complement one another and simultaneously welcome
listeners into his world while soothing their emotional scars. By My Side is
not a collection of depressing singles; rather, it’s a fluid, cathartic, aural
masterpiece." (Sahar Oz, Delusions of Adequacy, Picks of the week, NY, June
2004)

"... Austria's Son of the Velvet Rat is in fact a solo project cracked from the
scary-smart brain of songwriter Georg Altziebler. The music here burns so
slowly that you'll blacken your thumbs just plucking the disc from its tray. By
My Side is full of gorgeously minimal torch songs  and  noodling  dirges ..."
(Mike Baker, Splendid, May 2004)



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