LONE VEIN
"A seer once told me that I would cross paths with eclectic, emotion driven souls, their art bringing wonder to the masses... Value their worth she mused for they will lift ones spirits, and then she was gone"– Cravat Noir
Mix Lon Chaney with Frida Kahlo, add the color and elegance of Mexico’s Day-of-the-Dead with the decadent German cabarets of the 20’s & 30’s Weimar era and finish it off with a Rock ‘N Roll chaser and you have an opening glimpse into the world of Lone Vein. Your hosts for the journey into this strange Technicolor world are Plain Jane (vocals, percussion) and Evil Eddy (guitars). Like the Morticia and Gomez of Rock, or better yet Wednesday and Pugsley due to their sometimes child-like quality, they work and play off each other, one’s Ying to the other’s Yang. It’s an alchemical marriage of creation…formed in Dr Frankenstein’s Laboratory.
Their sound refuses to be pigeonholed or categorized and encompasses an eclectic variety of influences from Goth to Hard Rock to Torch Song Ballad. They have been dubbed “Gothic-Blues,” “Glam-Cabaret” and even “Gloom-Pop” but the general consensus is that you must witness and experience them for yourself and then draw your own conclusion. While the Gothic part of their sound is undeniable in subject matter and style, it is not the cliché Goth-Rock of leather fetish and black lipstick but rather a more unique and literary style stemming from Jane’s Southern (W. Virginia / N. Carolina) upbringing and Eddy’s Northern (NYC) roots. Just think Tennessee Williams’ South meets Batman’s Gotham City and you get the picture.
Whether witnessing a performance or listening to a recording you experience a band that wears it’s heart on it’s sleeve. As the power-duo’s provocative and wickedly sexy chanteuse bounces from carnival barker to Baptist preacher to the Devil herself shaking a piece of Voodoo percussion from her exotically displayed collection, warped feedback mixed with gut-wrenching and emotionally-charged guitar riffs emanate from Eddy’s over-driven Gretsch guitar. They invite you to take a journey that is both an emotional and cathartic experience for both performer and audience. Visually stunning in skeleton attire; a nod to the Day-of-the-Dead aesthetic, and a variety of onstage oracles and props to heighten the drama, their ambition is to touch, scare and make you laugh gut-hard while lusting to dance like a banshee. It’s American Gothic at it’s best with a nod to horror movies while embracing Outsider culture and true matters of love, death, celebration and trauma.
“Lone Vein” is inspired by the Latin term Vena Cava, the vein that leads directly from the heart. Their aim is to touch you heart-to-heart, vein-to-vein, brain-to-brain, beckoning you to join them on this strangely beautiful journey.