The Voidz

The Voidz - American rock band

Group from United States

Genres: Experimental Rock, Neo-Psychedelia, indie rock, experimental, synth punk

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About The Voidz

The Voidz (formerly Julian Casablancas + The Voidz) is an experimental rock band from New York City, New York in 2013. They consist of Julian Casablancas (vocals), Jeramy "Beardo" Gritter (guitar), Amir Yaghmai (guitar), Jacob "Jake" Bercovici (bass, synthesizers), Alex Carapetis (drums), and Jeff Kite (keyboards). History Formation, Tyranny (2013–2016) Jeff Kite, Alex Carapetis and Jake Bercovici had all worked with Casablancas previously. Kite and Carapetis appeared as part of the Sick Six live band (which also featured Danielle Haim), that backed Casablancas when touring his first solo album Phrazes For The Young. Kite and Carapetis, along with Bercovici, also worked on "I Like the Night", a song Casablancas recorded as part of an advertising campaign he fronted for the French fashion label, Azzaro. Casablancas enjoyed working with the band and chose to collaborate with other musicians, in a similar format to the Sick Six, when recording his next album. Casablancas, Carapetis, Bercovici, and Kite, along with mutual friends Jeramy Gritter and Amir Yaghmai formed The Voidz and began writing music together. Then known as Julian Casablancas + The Voidz, the band signed to Casablancas' record label, Cult, and following a appearance at SXSW Festival, undertook an international tour between 2014 and 2015, including U.S. Lollapallooza and festivals in Chile, Brazil and Argentina. The band's debut album, Tyranny, was released on September 23, 2014. preceded by two singles; Human Sadness, released on September 2 and Where No Eagles Fly on September 9. The album placed 50th in NME's Top 50 Albums of 2014 list. The band's live sets generally consist of a mix between Casablancas' earlier solo songs, covers of Strokes songs written solely by Casablancas, collaborations with artists (such as Daft Punk's "Instant Crush" and Sparklehorse & Danger Mouse's "Little Girl") as well as their own original material from Tyranny and upcoming album, Virtue. Virtue (2017–2019) On October 7, 2017, the band played songs from their upcoming album for the first time during a secret show (billed as "YouTube Comments", a supposed Voidz tribute band) in Los Angeles, including "Wink", "ALieNNatioN", "We're Where We Were", "My Friend the Walls" and "Lazy Boy". The band also played "Wink" on the Brazilian talk show The Noite while on a tour of South America during the same month. On December 8,, the band released a teaser video directed by Warren Fu, announcing the album, the simplification of their name to The Voidz and also their signing to RCA. Their second album, Virtue was released on March 30, 2018, on Cult Records via RCA. It was preceded by the singles, Leave It in My Dreams released on January 23, Qyurryus, released on January 24, Pointlessness, released on February 13, All Wordz Are Made Up, released on March 2 and ALieNNatioN[i/], released on March 15. On April 18, the band released the non-album single Coul As A Ghoul as part of the Adult Swim Singles Program series, with the track featured as a B-side of a limited vinyl release of "Qyurryus" for Record Store Day and as a bonus track on the Japanese release of Virtue. Singles, Like All Before You and Męğż Øf Råm (2019–present) In 2019, The Voidz collaborated with Mac DeMarco who produced two singles, The Etenal Taot, released on May 29 and Did My Best , released on December 13. both on Terrible Records. On December 15, 2020, they released the single Alien Crime Lord to promote the Cayo Perico Heist update of Grand Theft Auto Online. On April 1, 2021, a reworked version of "The Eternal Tao" called The Eternal Tao 2.0 was released, with an extended outro containing lyrics similar to the Strokes' song "The Adults Are Talking". On May 12, 2023, The Voidz featured in Daft Punk's song "Infinity Repeating (2013 Demo)," which was included in their 10th anniversary edition of Random Access Memories. Two weeks later, on May 26, they released Prophecy of the Dragon. the first single from the band's upcoming album. followed by a second single Flexorcist, released on October 27. On February 20, 2024 they released the third single All The Same , a song which was first performed live in 2020. On July 4, the band revealed the title of their third album [album artist Like All Before You[/album, to be released in September. A trailer for the album was released on YouTube, alongside the fourth single, Overture, an instrumental song, with a fifth single, 7 Horses released on September 17. The album Like All Before You was released on September 20. On March 2, 2025, the band released the single Blue Demon, followed by the EP Męğż Øf Råm on July 29. Band members: Julian Casablancas – vocals, vocoder, sampler, guitar Jeramy "Beardo" Gritter – guitar, keyboards Amir Yaghmai – guitar, keyboards Jacob "Jake" Bercovici – bass, keyboards Alex Carapetis – drums, percussion, bass Jeff Kite – keyboards

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