the venetia fair

There’s nothing more devastating than a band breakup. If you’ve been invested in the alternative music scene for more than a day, you probably know that feeling all too well. If not, then it’s just a matter of time… We’ve been fortunate enough to follow a number of our favorite 2000s scene outfits through long-lasting […]

Post-hardcore is especially rich in concept albums. Perhaps that’s because the immense vocal palette—from tender crooning to raw screaming—lends itself to expressing emotions. The music similarly matches. Sure, metalcore can deliver crushing breakdowns, but it rarely gets as intimate as this companion genre. There’s also the fact that the high-pitched singing elicits desperation so often […]

Because hindsight is forever 20/20, we have a theory about the 2010s. And it’s this: Bigger bands were making a bigger buzz. Consider the existential-pop of twenty one pilots. Or the electronic makeover that Bring Me The Horizon were putting on both their chosen genre and anything similarly adjacent. Black Veil Brides established themselves as […]

The 2010s started with the release of the iPhone 4 and ended with the election of Donald Trump, who one-downed nearly every single global calamity daily with 280 characters on Twitter. On the mainstream music front, one could argue that the 2010s was the birthplace to the second British invasion, with acts such as Adele, […]

Massachusetts’ own the Venetia Fair have broken up. To say goodbye, the band has scheduled three farewell shows in February and released one final track. Their Facebook statement made it very clear that is not a hiatus and most certainly a break up: “Please don’t make us be in The Venetia Fair anymore! Please please […]

Considering the sadomasochistic dynamic the Venetia Fair have with their fans (see: comments lovingly telling them how awful they are on any given social media post the band makes), they took some pretty steep risks with their Every Sick, Disgusting Thought We've Got In Our Brain Kickstarter campaign. Besides offering the severed digits of a […]

The Venetia Fair have announced that they will release The Venetia Fair…Basically Just Does Karaoke, a covers EP comprising their takes on six songs ranging from Green Day to Queen, via digital retailers on December 24.  The songs for the EP (tracklisting below) were chosen by the six $200+ backers of the band's Kickstarter campaign for their latest […]

The Venetia Fair have announced that they will release their latest album, Every Sick, Disgusting Thought We've Got in Our Brain, on limited edition 12″ vinyl via guitarist Mike Abiuso's Switchbitch Records. (Limited to 250. Pre-order at the band's official merch store.) This pressing marks the first vinyl release for the label, so they have organized a release […]

The Venetia Fair have released a music video for “The Day I Set Them Free” from their latest album, Every Sick Disgusting Thought We've Got In Our Brain, via MTV Buzzworthy. Check out the Drop Dead Fred-inspired clip, below:    The Venetia Fair – The Day I Set Them Free

Today On AltPress… FOREVER THE SICKEST KIDS give AP some insight on their new album from the studio in this new Q&A, including how it was to working with Patrick Stump, possible titles and how they hope the new material will go over on Warped Tour this summer.  THE VENETIA FAIR's new album, Every Sick, Disgusting Thought […]

The Venetia Fair, who are among our 100 Bands You Need To Know this year, have released a lyric video for “The Day I Set Them Free” from their new album, Every Sick, Disgusting Thought We've Got In Our Brain. Watch the video, below, or via PropertyOfZack.

Not to play favorites, but—oh, who are we kidding? We’re definitely playing favorites in this week’s playlist as we delve into our 2013 “100 Bands You Need To Know” special and champion the bands we look forward to hearing from the most this year. Below is just one-tenth of the musical selection you can find […]

The Venetia Fair are currently streaming “The Day I Set Them Free,” the debut single from their upcoming Kickstarter-funded album, Every Sick, Disgusting Thought We’ve Got In Our Brain via AMP Magazine. The album is set for release March 1. Stay tuned to AltPress for more from it in the coming weeks.

[Image: Our office Christmas decor] It’s that time of the year again. Houses are donning exterior lights that serve no purpose beyond “ooh, sparkling.” Objects that have no business doing so are making jingling sounds, and the number of times you’re likely to hear “elves” in a normal conversation is rising exponentially. It’s beginning to […]

The Venetia Fair have launched a Kickstarter for a pending future album. The band hopes to raise $8,000 through the crowd-funding website and are offering backing incentives ranging from a digital copy of the album or a merch bundle to a week on tour with the band or its members' pinky fingers (estimated delivery time […]

Finding a permanent practice space has always been somewhat of a hassle for the Venetia Fair. When we go into writing mode we usually practice five days a week for seven or eight hours each day, so we need to find a practice space that is available to us pretty much 100% of the time. […]

Being on the road in our situation can be very exhausting. By “our situation,” I mean barely scraping by. I'm talking about pooling money together to buy an 8-pack of hot dogs and a loaf of bread for dinner and then sleeping in the van in a Wal-Mart parking lot. That's actually a very common […]

When the Venetia Fair lost their original keyboardist about four years ago, I was playing guitar in a band that I had been in for about four years. Benny (TVF's vocalist) and I had been hanging out daily, so I mentioned to him that I might be interested in joining. I toyed around with the […]