VIDEO OF THE DAY ― VIOLENS: “ALL NIGHT LOW”

On its new album, True (Slumberland, May 15, 2012), Brooklyn-based trio Violens takes a major leap forward from its 2010 full-length debut, Amoral. Featuring multi-instrumentalist Jorge Elbrecht, Iddo Arad on synths and guitar, and Myles Matheny on bass, with Will Berman adding drums, Violens creates soaring, harmonic ’80s-style pop that recalls Depeche Mode, Spandau Ballet, and New Order on such songs as “Totally True,” “Der Microarc,” and “Melting,” then turning more aggressive on the propulsive “Lavender” and “All Night Low.” Violens will be holding an album release party on May 16 at (le) poisson rouge with Kuroma and the New Lines.