In the final of a special four part feature, Louder Than War are able to exclusively share the new video by The Venus Lyx, three brothers with a ferocious live reputation and the songs to back it up.
Following up from their exceptional EP release in July, The Brothers Traylen have offered up something a little different with their new output. Presented in full stereo by City Muscle Recordings, the aptly named ‘City Muscle’ is the final of four songs The Venus Lyx have released every week during the month of October 2015. Each song was accompanied by a video filmed by the band and on Saturday 31 October the full set became available to download through the band’s website as an online-only package, ‘The Blackheath Skin Act’.
In a heady and noise-laden climax, ‘City Muscle’ channels the band’s inner Bad Seeds with frantic vocals and steady, repetitive bass broken up by crashing waves of distorted guitars. It’s the perfect finale to a four part release that shows a band evolved. The Venus Lyx have become something quite different, a huge, chaotic beast of a band, far removed from their psychish rockabilly roots.
Frontman Dan Traylen told us…
“City Muscle rides the carousel of carnal desire, pure lust, aching bodies in turmoil. A masterpiece.”
Read the lyrics here:
Fire and gold, Lyx, lips
Skin and spit
Sitting cross-legged
Could I keep you for a little while?
Could you make me feel good?
Put all your fingers in my mouth
Hoist that end of me up! up! up!
And lower it down
This city muscle’s all on fire.
A fantasy murmur’s hard-on
A spatter of chemistry
Grab by both hands and
Make me feel good.
She’s the apple of my eye
Especially when it’s raining outside
She’s the apple of my eye
Especially when it’s raining cats and canine.
I’m all out of resolutions
Big, swinging dividends is out what i’m dreaming of.
Drop that skin act and
Make me feel good.
Fire and gold licks lips
With the skin and spit
It goes on and on…
Could I keep you for a little while?
It goes on and on…
Call me misunderstood
Like you’ve never been a liar
You’d get to me if you could
Lord knows I wish you’d try
This city muscle’s all on fire.
Order ‘The Venus Lyx’ EP on CD or digital download: bit.ly/1QLUPxc.
Order ‘KYHOMF’ on 7″ vinyl: bit.ly/1MrtL4Z.
Check out the other three videos at these links…
