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About Me

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After three years of going through a handful of members, monetary situations, and conflicts in schedules, Vitals is on permanent hiatus. Thank you to everyone who came out to our shows, let us sleep on your couches, and made sure we had a meal to eat while on the road.
"We're bearded dudes who enjoy constructing instrumental storyboards incorporating all sounds from ambient/shoegaze overtures to Crescendos resembling a train-wreck."
When a group of individuals gather to compose music in the library of an old farm house, a haughty milieu is conjured. A delicate chandelier hanging in the center of the room illuminates each hunched-over figure while their shadows crawl upon the collection of hard-bound literary works.
However, the setting, much like the music created, is not as myopic as it appears. Outside of these walls is the Halcyon Horse Farm, which stands defiant to the popular trend of a sprawling city. This detachment from the urban lifestyle gives a sense of balance; the ruggedness of nature and the tenderness of culture.
Approaching composition with a heuristic method allows the members to constantly fine-tune each work until a general consensus is reached. Even at that point of satisfaction, nothing is set in stone and frequently pieces are revisited and updated with unique articulations.
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 18/09/2006
Band Website: www.vitalsmusic.com
Band Members: Kris Hardy
James Christenson
Nick Giordani
Endorsements Curt Mangan Strings
Influences: Caribou, Serena Maneesh, Slowdive,
Asobi Seksu, Talkdemonic, Destroyer, Gastr Del Sol
The Evpatoria Report, Arrive Alive, Black Moth Super
Rainbow, Discolor, Igor Stravinsky, Jaga Jazzist
Mogwai, Eluvium, Explosions in the Sky, Sed Non Satiata
Silversun Pickups, The Mars Volta, Minus the Bear, Murder by Death
Portishead, and all the fine bands on our top friends.
Itchy Sloth

Type of Label: Major

My Blog

And then there were two.

When the previous members list grows to 3x the size of the active members, it's hard to not be frustrated at the high turn-over rate. Every single moment of momentum has been countered with a devastat...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:03:00 GMT

You have got to check this out.

We just thought it would be nice to let you guys all know what's going on in the world of Vitals.  We have been writing a lot of music and are going to be taking it into the studio soon.  Th...
Posted by on Fri, 16 May 2008 04:35:00 GMT

News about a very great show this week.

You need to read this   http://www.highergroundmusic.com/calendar/show/2815/   This is going to be our last show for a long time. We are playing with 2 incredible bands and it's cheap. We w...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:03:00 GMT

We are Pleased to Announce

TJ Maynard has joined our family, taking over bass duties.  He is coming up to speed very quickly.  We’ll be working on some new material very soon. Our first show with him i...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:06:00 GMT

SXSW thanks and shoutouts

As you all may know by now, we ran into a string of bad luck on the trip to Austin this past week.  Rather than focus on negatives, there are some people I’d like to thank. I want to thank ...
Posted by on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 06:53:00 GMT

SXSW for dummies - R E D 7 MySpace Blog

SXSW for dummies - R E D 7 MySpace Bloghttp://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&f riendID=113926043&blogID=362345191 I just found this on the Red7 myspace page. A little helpfull informa...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:21:00 GMT

Changes Ahead

March 4th will be Matt's final show with us.  We have had a great time playing with him and hanging out but he has decided to go his own way.  We wish Matt the best of luck in all his future...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 06:46:00 GMT

On the Road with Maneuvers

We'll be doing a weekend with our good friends, Maneuvers, which I've been looking forward to for the past month.  If I didn't have obligations here in Burlington, this would be a much longer sti...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:52:00 GMT

Cramped spaces

Next week we're back to being Tetris masters, fitting five dudes and all our equipment into a 12 passenger van.  I'm convinced we were sardines in a previous life because of our ability to not on...
Posted by on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:39:00 GMT

Taking CD Orders

Hey if anyone out there wants the EP's, we have them both done and are selling them for $5 each at shows.  If you haven't been able to make it out to a show but still want one, send us a myspace ...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:23:00 GMT