The Voidz
The Voidz (formerly Julian Casablancas + The Voidz) are an American rock band.
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).
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| Also known as | Julian Casablancas + The Voidz (2013–2017) |
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| Years active | 2013–present |
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| Spinoff of | The Strokes |
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| Website | thevoidz |
Tyranny, their debut album, reached 50th in NME's Top 50 Albums of 2014 list.
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. 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 Virtue.
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Virtue (2017–2019)
Their album Virtue was released in 2017, on Cult Records via RCA.
LP3 (2019–present)
In 2019, The Voidz collaborated with Mac DeMarco who produced two songs, “Did My Best” and “The Eternal Tao” later released as a single on Terrible Records. In December 2020, they released the single "Alien Crime Lord" to promote the Cayo Perico Heist update of Grand Theft Auto Online.
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 the single "Prophecy of the Dragon." The following single "Flexorcist" was released in October that year. They released the single "All the same" in February 2024.
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
Discography
Studio albums
References
External links
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