VEOPLE SWITCH TACTICS AND EMBRACE DISCO ON ‘EMPATHY’ + DEBUT EP ARRIVING OCTOBER 2020 + SUPPORTING CHRISTIAN PATEY AT LAUNCH SHOW

Veople’s ethos of blending the human and digital worlds together through music and technology comes to a crossroad on ‘Empathy’. As Jay Jermyn (bass/synths/programming) explains:

“There’s this throbbing synth bass underlying the whole track that drives everything forward but what might not be obvious is that we took parts of the vocoder moments and passed the bass synth through it. This creates an interlocking synergy between the humanistic yet digital vocal and the synths.”

Once again, the duo handed the track over to Aaron Cupples of Civil Civic for mixing. Cupples’ pedigree includes credits for such acclaimed Australian artists as The Drones, Kirin J Callinan and Dan Kelly. Ben Smith (Hatchie, PLTS, Blind Girls, Empress) handled the intricate drum performance of a hats-driven break beat that work symbolically with the 808’s production of claps and block hits.

‘Empathy’ is the opening track to Veople’s debut EP, “EP1“, due for release this October. The full release will also include latest tracks ‘Tilt’ and ‘Maverick’, the unreleased ‘Under‘, and an extended version of ‘Empathy’. “EP1” continue the group’s penchant for impulsive audio-visual creations, paired to the ultimate and clear-cut vision.

Veople began composing music and quickly released their first single, ‘Riveria‘, in 2015 to immediate success on FBi Radio and revered music blog, Hillydilly. This trajectory continued in the international market when signed to Los Angeles-based Danger Village Music Publishing the same year. Regular rotation on triple j Unearthed for follow-up tracks, ‘Distant Bodies‘ and ‘Youth Code‘, cemented Veople as a band to watch.

Influenced by the likes of Civil Civic, Japandroids and Digitalism, Veople began work redirecting their sound and, in 2017, were commissioned to produce new music by Super Souvenir as part of Bleach Festival and Festival 2018 during the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. Veople pressed a vinyl record, “Day/Nights“, that instrumentally translated the emotive nature of time and place as achieved in a 24-hour window on the Gold Coast.

Veople were also a recipient of the HOTA Creative Development Grant to produce new work in 2019, which culminated in a sold-out live performance at HOTA’s Outdoor Stage.