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About Me

Single
varnish release their new EP "Single" on 10 July, 2008. This five track CD will include standard versions of four songs from the forthcoming album and a more dance-friendly version of a fifth song. The EP will initially have a limited edition release in special packaging. This should also lead to some updated music here....

The requisite introduction to the band
Born from a brief exchange between Amber and Jason in early 2007, varnish quickly pulled together and began making music.

With their varied musical backgrounds, varnish disregard genre and simply make the music that feels right. Their process for building songs has been called "organic, in a really lovely way." They believe in capitalising upon the strengths and varied interests of each person in the band, whilst giving everyone a chance to stretch themselves. The lyrics, written by Amber, have been called "dark with bright words." They are then wrapped up in dense layers of guitar and a bass that isn't content just to provide background sounds. Someday, there will also be real drums instead of a machine.

varnish are still moving into their MySpace home, so enjoy some demos whilst waiting for the show. (They shall try to get a few more demos up as soon as they can, so that you'll hardly notice the stage is bare...)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/23/2007
Band Website: varnishcentral.com
Band Members: Amber - Vocals & Lyrics
Jason - Guitar
Charles - Bass
The Black Box & Alesis - Drums (until we find a human for the job)

Additional guitar on some songs by Kent
Influences: With three eclectic people, there are far too many to list. Which means varnish just play what feels right for a song without worrying about genre or even sounding like they did in the previous song.
Sounds Like: varnish, of course. If we sounded like someone else, we'd risk being a cover band or a tribute band, wouldn't we?
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

varnish t-shirts

hullo, pretty people!i was setting up a small run of varnish t-shirts and realised i can still sneak some people in. this is a kind of exclusive run, and wasn't meant to be a big deal or even somethin...
Posted by varnish on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:24:00 PST

meet amber & dance to varnish in july

10 july, amber will be attending a party in london where the organisers have added varnish songs to the playlist. come have a fab time with her and dance to our songs with hundreds of other pretty peo...
Posted by varnish on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:53:00 PST

show your love by using new graphics, and we’ll show ours with music

we've got two more demos up for you. as usual, i've included the lyrics. just click the link below the song to get them. we've got space on that player for one more, so we're trying to sort out someth...
Posted by varnish on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:02:00 PST

saturday: private show and web cast

saturday, varnish are playing a short set to mark the one year anniversary of amber and jason deciding to pull the band together. if you are in the area, let us know so we can see about room for you a...
Posted by varnish on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 09:28:00 PST