Active from 2003 Members Georg Altziebler | Genre Alternative/Indie | |
Albums Live Tape, Loss & Love, Dorado, Animals, Playground, Firedancer, By My Side, Gravity, Reaper Record labels Mint 400 Records, monkey., Starfish Records Similar Ken Coomer, Dan Cantrell, Robert Rotifer, Ernst Molden, Fritz Ostermayer | ||
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Son of the Velvet Rat is an Austrian band. As well as founders singer Georg Altziebler and accordionist Heike Binder, the band includes Albrecht Klinger (bass), Michael Willmann (drums) and Kolja Radenkovic (git, trump).
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- History
- Critical response
- Albums
- EPs
- Books
- Videos
- Songs
- References
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History
Son of the Velvet Rat was founded in 2003 by European songwriter Georg Altziebler and his wife, organist and accordionist Heike Binder. The band started out with sparsely instrumented releases such as "Spare some sugar [for the rat]" and "By my Side" on Starfish Records, a small California-based label.
In 2006 they were signed by Vienna-based indie label monkey. The same year, their "Fall with me" reached #3 on the charts of Austrian national public radio station FM4 and #47 on their 2007 full year chart. In 2008, Son of the Velvet Rat was nominated for the Amadeus Austrian Music Award (Category: Alternative).
Like their previous album "Red Chamber Music", their album "Firedancer" was named Best Austrian Album of the Year 2013 by Wiener Zeitung. "Firedancer" has been released in the US on March 21, 2014.
Some of their records have been released by the South Korean label Polyphone.
Son of the velvet Rat has toured throughout the US and Europe. The founding couple now live in California and have signed with the New Jersey label Mint 400 Records and the Portland-based label Fluff & Gravy as of Fall 2016. The new LP, produced by Joe Henry will debut internationally on February 17, 2017.
Critical response
SotVR’s music has been inspired by a wide variety of artists and styles, including Townes Van Zandt, French singer Georges Brassens and American garage rockers Dead Moon. The band's music is often compared to Bob Dylan, Leonhard Cohen and Tom Waits but also to such rather unlikely names as Radiohead. Their style has been described as Folk Noir, Folk Rock, Garage Rock or "Americana". From early on, the band’s releases garnered critical acclaim in their homeland, Austria, and other parts of Europe. Altziebler was labeld "best austrian singer-songwriter ever" by leading Austrian newspapers Kurier and Wiener Zeitung.
The band's catalogue includes collaborations with Lucinda Williams on "Red Chamber Music"(2011) and former Wilco-drummer Ken Coomer who produced the albums "Loss & Love" (2007) and "Animals" (2009). The band received a positive review by Lucinda Williams on Stereo Subversion. Peter Jesperson, former producer & manager of The Replacements, wrote the liner notes for the album "Red Chamber Music".
Albums
EPs
Books
Videos
Captain's Daughter 2013, OchoResotto
White Patch of Canvas (ft Lucinda Williams) 2012, Paul Kranzler
Are the Angels pretty? 2007, FordBrothers
Songs
Are the Angels Pretty?By My Side · 2004
Fall With MeLoss & Love · 2007
Your Sweetest SmileBy My Side · 2004