VOV VOV! is a quite idiosyncratic art rock band from Florence, Italy, featuring Francesca Contrino (vocals, keyboards, lyrics), Pier Paolo Giovacchini (guitar, bass, synths, electronics), Giovanni Michelucci (guitar), Zoe Bertini (backing vocals, bass) and Giulio Da Rin (drums, synths, electronics). They blend influences ranging from post-rock and indie pop to krautrock and psych with inspiration drawn from five colorful minds working overtime—there’s a lot to explore in the five songs on their debut EP, Sunbathing In A Magnetic Field.

The inimitable guitar structures, haunting rhythms and electronic bleeps ‘n’ bloops create a hypnotic bed on which intriguing lyrics meander (from Dialogue Between Two Silly Thinkers: “She was saying, “The subject is a material reflection of the power” // She was saying, “The power is a immaterial reflection of the subject” // I used to think that freedom was an epistemic problem”). This is a kaleidoscopic jam between logic and lunacy—understanding is not necessarily necessary to appreciate and hallucinate it.

The Sunbathing In A Magnetic Field EP, recorded and mixed by Michele Pizzolli, is out now digitally via Factory Flaws.

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