The Velvet Sundown: Inside the bizarre truth about popular band
A talented new band has seemingly exploded in popularity overnight, but there is a very sinister truth behind their fame.
Dust on the wind, boots on the ground. Smoke in the sky, no peace found
Rivers run red, the drums roll slow. Tell me brother, where do we go?
These are the lyrics that open Dust On the Wind, the first track from The Velvet Sundown’s debut album, Floating on Echoes. It landed on Spotify on June 5, a melancholic ballad about the bloody futility of war set to a twangy guitar riff.
Stylised images of the band showed singer Gabe Farrow, guitarist Lennie West, keyboardist Milo Rains, and drummer Orion “Rio” Del Mar, who looked like the bastard love children of a Crosby, Stills and Nash tribute act dressed exclusively in Mumford and Sons’ cast offs.
Dust was soon appearing on Spotify playlists with hundreds of thousands of saves. In total, Floating has been streamed nearly five million times.
Then something very weird happened. On June 20 the Velvet boys put out a second album, Dust And Silence. It was all an unthinkably fast turnaround even for a band who can go vanilla-ishly against stereotype, has never seen the wrong end of a whiskey bottle or been plagued by toxic Liam/Noel juju.
Then came a third and a fourth album.
Their secret: The Velvet Sundown are AI-generated. Their music, promo shots and backstory were created by AI, TheGuardian reported this week.
No one has copped to being the brains behind this all and once Velvet’s unrealness started making headlines, ‘they’ changed ‘their’ bio to read, “Not quite human. Not quite machine.”
Good old Walt he does paint broad. He has good takes on the players which I think might bleed into his capping of games in not so good of a way. He did well on props last year but lost on games. Still think he's worth a look before betting.
Are you doing a thread this year? You seem to know what the public is doing before the public does. LOL
Hi, khicks:
1) Yes, I'll have an NFL thread. But I'm not taking it all that seriously.
2) I have tried to pick up on Public Opinion. I'm not sure I've seen a consensus lower on a team than the Saints.
3) Take a look at the NFL contest thread. I added you as an Invite.
khicks:
1) How are you, pal?
2) I gave my view on Walter. I swear that his analysis has gotten weaker.
3) I don't like the way he does broad-brush reviews.
4) NFL analysis is so much about who the Public is hot on. And who the Public can't touch.
Hey Chuck, doing well. How about yourself?
Good old Walt he does paint broad. He has good takes on the players which I think might bleed into his capping of games in not so good of a way. He did well on props last year but lost on games. Still think he's worth a look before betting.
Are you doing a thread this year? You seem to know what the public is doing before the public does. LOL
one of my favorite Canadian bands is Chilliwack. I seen them so many times in the clubs around Vancouver growing up. Their leading singer, Bill Henderson, always belted out those lyrics.
Here one of their greatest hits he performed recently followed by the original.
khicks:
1) How are you, pal?
2) I gave my view on Walter. I swear that his analysis has gotten weaker.
3) I don't like the way he does broad-brush reviews.
4) NFL analysis is so much about who the Public is hot on. And who the Public can't touch.
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