DOWNLOAD: White Violet - "Lays Around Lazy"

White Violet is four young men from Athens, GA. Their names are Vaughan Lamb, Brad Elliott, Josh McCauley and Nate Nelson. Their debut album for Normaltown Records is named Hiding, Mingling (out 8/14/12).

The Athens, GA-based band is the brainchild of Nate Nelson, who's known for both his production work, as a touring musician (he's played with Maria Taylor and Nik Freitas, among others), and for his solo albums (the first of which was released when he was only 16). Everything on Hiding, Mingling originated as "Nate Nelson" songs but it didn’t end that way. White Violet is less a traditional band than an idea: a practical construct within which each composition has its edges erased, its bluntness buffered and its ghosts more elegantly shrouded. The new album was also produced by Andy LeMaster (of Now It's Overhead).

(Nate playing with Andy LeMaster and Maria Taylor @ The Earl in Atlanta)


“When I look around/It seemed clearer before…” – “White Wash”

That one lyric from the lead track could sum up the whole experience of Hiding, Mingling. Even the album’s title betrays the pushmi-pullyu nature of these songs. There’s bliss in their claustrophobia, sweetness to their defensive sneer and a commonality to their singularity. This is night music - the sound of one heart beating.

White Violet Tour Dates
6/12 - High Watt, Nashville, TN
6/13 - Bottle Tree, Birmingham, AL
6/21 - 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA
6/23 - 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA

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