Vermillion Sands: Garage Done the Italo Way
Vermillion Sands may be from Treviso, Italy, but that doesn’t stop the quartet from churning out solid American-styled garage meets country-rock’n'roll. Fronted by the Italian version of Holly Golightly, Vermellion Sands’ single “Mary” is a catchy as hell garage-pop number with a killer hook, swinging bassline, weird electronic manipulations, and a tough fuzzed-out guitar set off by the snarly infectious vocals of lead guitarist Anna. The edgy single has had me hooked by the balls from the opening line of “Oh rainy days well I can’t stand you any more…” Sorta like another “Mary” that I know.
The country-rock‘n’roll b-side “Wake Me When I Die” reveals more of the Golightly and Johnny Cash Americana influence with a twangy guitar and trudging rhythm section. The 7” is out now via Italian imprint RIJAPOV records, with 100 copies pressed on red vinyl and 300 copies on black vinyl.
[MP3]: Vermillion Sands ”Mary”
Mary 7″, Rijapov; 2008
