[Cover photo credit to Hunter Carrico]
L.A.-based Indie Pop act Velvet Rouge has released the single “Lonely Since The Day We Met” alongside a music video and also announced a self-titled EP due out July 26, 2024.
In discussing the single frontwoman Gina Zo says:
This song reaches into the undeniable feeling of dread when you realize you never loved someone you are with. They never gave you what you needed – and in reality you’ve been with them because it was the easy way out – instead of coming to terms with the fact you’ve been lonely since the day you met them.
The self-titled EP was recorded with Brian McTear and Amy Morrissey (War On Drugs, Sharon Van Etten, Kurt Vile, Dr. Dog).
For the EP, each track takes on one of the “essential life elements”, including “Lonely Since The Day We Met” (Earth); “Trial” (Space); “I Don’t Know Why” (Air/Wind); “Shattered” (Fire); and “When Did I Become” (Water).
Zo says:
My mission of this album is to take listeners into the core of my songwriting, which is the struggle of every single 20-something person: figuring out who the fuck you are.
The upcoming EP follow’s Velvet Rouge’s debut EP, Dark Hallways which came out October 2021 (under their previous alias, Zo).
Velvet Rouge will hit the road starting May 31, 2024 with a stop in Montreal on June 6 and summer festivals including Ladybug Music Festival, Beardfest and Musikfest plus shows in Los Angeles, Philly and New York.
Tour Dates:
05/31 – Wilmington, Delaware @ Ladybug Music Festival
06/02 – Portland, ME @ Portland Lobster Company
06/04 – Montreal, CAN @ Barfly
06/13 – Hammonton, NJ @ Beardfest
06/29 – Bethlehem, PA @ Live at the V
07/19 – Los Angeles, CA @ Viper Room
07/27 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brendas
08/03 – Philadelphia, PA @ Victory
08/07 – Bethlehem, PA @ Musikfest
08/09 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Mint
08/11 – Philadelphia, PA @ Rex at the Royal
08/31 – Philadelphia, PA @ Victory
09/14 – New York, NY @ The Delancey
09/20 – Camden, NJ @ Xponential Music Festival
10/19 – Philadelphia, PA @ Evil Genius Beer Co.
