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Del Vox packs a melodic punch and delivers music that provides an emotionally rich experience. The band's members come from long standing musical acts with diverse backgrounds. They've played a variety of venues and festivals across both the US, Europe, and Australia. Members include singer/songwriter Sherri Jerome on guitar, keyboard and vocals, Michael Beckworth on electric guitar, Aimee Zoe Tubbs on drums, and Mikel McDermott on bass. Del Vox is a band that embodies the duplexity of the DayGlow genre, playing punk-tinged, bluesy garage rock with a touch of psychedelic soul. It is upper atmospheric, solar radiant, rock music, that falls somewhere between here and halfway to the moon.

Black Nite Crash is presently Jim Biggs (vocals, guitar), Tony Zuniga (drums), Claire Tucker (guitar/vocals), John Parker (bass), and James Stone (guitar). Formed over twenty years ago, Black Nite Crash has involved more than 30 members in over twenty different line-ups since its beginnings, all surrounding Jim Biggs, the last remaining original member. Yet somehow, the band has maintained a coherent sound and vision mixing elements of shoegaze, post-punk, and psychedelia into it's own brand of noisy guitar-driven pop.

On their latest release, Signal to Noise, they have made the album they have been trying to make since the very beginning.

"Signal to Noise is series of happy accidents and coincidences that all resolved for the best," explains singer Jim Biggs. "It started just before the pandemic when a couple of these songs started to come together; the pandemic got in the way and we weren't able to finish them in time for the last album. As the world reawakened from its plague-induced nap, we heard about free studio time in exchange for being 'guinea pigs' for the students at Seattle Recording Arts, a school for audio engineering run out of Orbit Studios in Seattle by Joe Reineke. We had this material and figured, 'what's the worst that can happen, we get free demos?' As it happened our longtime collaborator Matt Brown was working there, as well, so we felt like we'd be in good hands regardless of the experience level of the students. It turned out we were right. We got great tracks there for most of the album. We finished up tracking later at Avast! here in Seattle and at [singer/guitarist] Claire's house." There were some challenges still to face, though, Jim continues, "Black Nite Crash has historically stumbled into the dark cloud in every silver lining, and, unfortunately, around this time Matt, who we had hoped would mix the record, suddenly dropped off the project. There was a moment of panic about where to go next, especially since we felt like we really had something special on our hands, so it seemed like a terrible time to jump into bed with someone we didn't know, so we dug into our rock-and-rolodex and reached out to Dave Hillis, who had mixed our first album. Even though it had been a few years, he understood what we were after in a way that allowed him to tie the project together quickly with some of the best mixes we've ever had. Adam Straney at Breakpoint iced the cake with his magical mastering"

Signal to Noise finds the band rediscovering it's energy after the moody Washed in the Sound album. Lead track and first single "Electric" crackles with intensity as singer Jim Biggs describes the feeling over these last few years of having an abundance of energy and angst built up from the state of the world. The song, reminiscent of Primal Scream doing their Rolling Stones thing, closes with fiery dueling leads from Claire Tucker and latest addition to the band guitarist James Stone. On the following tunes "Static" and "Candelabra Light" Claire Tucker steps to the front with her deceptively dark pop continuing the high-intensity burst of energy on side one, "Static" sounding like a fuzz pop Blondie and "Candelabra Light" an updated take on 90s Brit-Pop, both songs especially good examples of the drive and careful craft of not only Tucker, but also drummer Tony Zuniga, who shines brightly throughout the recording, making drums less just beats and more intrinsically important to the songwriting itself. Bassist John Parker makes his first recorded appearance on this album and co-wrote the drone-y feel good anthem of the album "Signals" (as well as the aforementioned "Electric"). Side one closes with the aggressive ode to indie rocker aging, "Too Fast for Me."

Side two opens with second single "Affliction," written mid-pandemic and finding Claire and the band energetically exploring their post-punk side, nodding to bands like the Chameleons. "Nature of Sound" is the band taking its first breath on this otherwise relentless album and tipping its hat to The Cure. "Say Goodbye" is the Stone Roses filtered through the Jesus and Mary Chain, leading to penultimate track "Prize," an angry MBV-esque screed that leads to the final song, an actual My Bloody Valentine b-side cover, "Slow."

The album is one single after another, finding the perfect balance between the band's moody shoegaze reputation and it's straightforward pop/rock roots.

The band is currently in the process of recording their next album with release due in summer/fall of 2025

Signal to Noise, a Neon Sigh release, is out now with tour dates coming later in 2025

Elaborate Destinations, Washed In The Sound..., Conflict of Disinterest, Nevergreen and Drawn Out Days are also available on Neon Sigh Array is available on Custom Made Music

Carrie Clark & The Lonesome Lovers have been charming audiences with their infectious energy and musical rhythms influenced by Americana, rock, and mischievous dance hall inspirations that highlight Clark's songs of human foibles, femme fatales and cowboy lullabies.