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news - Oxfordshire Unsigned Compilation - Mister Mann at number 25!! - New Releases - Book Publishing - Pronoia Relocating to Oxford More... artists Still Leven The Chrysalids Great Medical Disaster Gerrard G. Gerrard Viarosa Venus De Mileage Still Leven Website MySpace Facebook Shows Releases Press Italian peninsula looms large. From the Romans to the Renaissance, from Vivaldi to Visconti, Italians have always been ahead of the pack. In one cultural field, however, Italy has struggled to export: rock music. This is about to change. The Genova-based indie rock band Still Leven are making waves with their debut album, Cases of Bluntness— a dark and textured album that melds the gothic elements of Sisters of Mercy to the rock guitars of Interpol. Still Leven’s music is experimental, exciting and extremely easy to love. They believe rock sounds best when sung in English, and make no bones about the desire to take their music outside their homeland. The big issue in Italy, within the major-label system — if you don’t sing in Italian, you won’t get big. The mentality in the system is, ‘If you want to do this, you have to do that. Sing in Italian.’ says the band. Despite their refusal to do so, Still Leven still have been building a fanbase at home. The rock scene in Italy is potentially lucrative, but Still Leven are just one of an increasing number of bands there with global ambitions. People tend to think Italy is a Third World country with regards to music, but bands that are big in the UK are also big in Italy. Many of these have been major influences on the band. The band say that Italy is a strange country. It’s so close to itself. It has its own music and show business. The problem is that it’s been hard to get Italian bands to an international audience, because there’s no structure. The labels aren’t used to getting bands distributed abroad. There are lots of good bands that lived and died in Italy without anybody noticing outside. Hopefully we can change that. Still Leven have sprung out of the Italian indie underground, singing in English and are ready to take on the rest of the world, signing in the UK to us at label Pronoia Records. feat. releases Still Leven Cases of Bluntness CD Album Great Medical Disaster Die, You Bitch, Cried Architect CD Album Viarosa Send For The Sea CD Album Like a Fox Like A Fox CD Album Helene Heliotrope CD Album Like a Fox A Little Vinyl Single

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