Los Angeles-based rock outfit Venrez introduces their new single/music video, “Sip The Cup,” the title track from their upcoming EP via Wake Up! Music Rocks.
Produced by the platinum and Grammy award-winning Malcolm Springer, the upcoming EP was mastered by Ted Jensen. The video, directed and shot by Hollywood cinematographer Domonick Giorgianni of Domino Effect Productions, utilizes an eerie mixture of phantasmagoric visuals that complement the portentous imminence of the music.
Recently signed to Pepper Gomez’s high-flying indie label, Wake Up! Music, Venrez was formed in 2009. Made up of Ven (vocals), Jason Womack (guitar, vocals), Gabe Maska (bass), and Victor Singer (drums), Venrez’s sound blends elements of rock, punk, and metal into gravitational, spine-tingling sonic brews. Guitarist Jason Womack has played with Fuel, Juliette Lewis, and the Licks.
Talking about signing Venrez, Pepper Gomez says, “We are thrilled to have Venrez join the Wake Up Music family. Their music is profound, energetic, and truly embodies the spirit of rock and roll.”
While Venrez shares, “The band is thrilled to have signed a record deal with Wake Up! Music Rocks as well as the soon-to-be-released first single from our new EP title track with music video ‘Sip The Cup,’”
Beginning with 2012’s Sell the Lie, followed by American Illusion, Children of the Drones, and Element 115, Venrez’s 2022 EP, Purgatory Awaits, featuring “Show Me,” validated the band’s evolution, corroborating their bona fides as a tour de force.
Opening on Singer’s walloping snare, “Sip The Cup” surges into dark, growling guitars, followed by descending to spectral surfaces riding taut percussion that infuses the rhythm with a foreboding cadence. Venrez’s vocals echo ominous tones, imbuing the lyrics with clotting textures of crawling malevolence.
“Can’t use me in your schemes / Repeating all these things as different beings / Sip the cup, tears of blood, angels watch from high above.”
Channeling suggestions of Alice In Chains, only immeasurably more umbral and substantial, with “Sip The Cup,” Venrez wields a vast, primitive power.
