Nuovo Testamento, The Violent Youth
Nuovo Testamento is the Los Angeles & Bologna-based trio lighting up the dance floor with their uniquely dark italo disco-flavored pop hits. Following the release of the coldwave cult favorite Exposure EP in 2019 on Avant! Records, their widely acclaimed full length New Earth exploded onto the dance floor. Including instant synthpop staple “the Searcher,” alongside Hi-NRG homage “Michelle Michelle” and goth-tinged hits like “Golden Boy,” New Earth is widely considered across genres to be one of 2021’s best underground albums of the year. Nuovo Testamento is on tour throughout 2022.
Founded in Minsk, Belarus, and based since 2017 in Augsburg, Germany - The
Violent Youth - an international new wave, post punk duo led by a belarussian singer
and multi-instumentalist Arthur Tsymbal together with Julian Riegel on bass.
As part of the Belarusian Post-Punk scene its influences lie in synth-pop, post-punk
and wave of the 80s. Yet, The Violent Youth songs still have a very distinctive sound
to them that make them unique.
Having started its ascent from the Minsk underground post-punk scene, TVY entered
the European scene with a confident step.
Sharing the stage with new german artists like Drangsal and Edwin Rosen and
releasing DIY music videos, The Violent Youth gets more and more new fans in
Germany and all over the world.
The Violent Youth’s third LP “Tam, Gde Nas Net” (“eng. - the grass is always greener
on the other side) from 2020 also somewhat counts as a first – the first album in
Russian that showcased a new, darker sound. Tsymbal deals with everyday topics
such as love, distance between people, loss - but at the same time manages to
capture the silver lining and shows hope for a change for the better.
With a wave of new fans, Tam Gde Nas Net can be considered The Violent Youth’s
breakthrough album. The new forthcoming album “Na igle” (eng. - addicted) is going
to be released on Artoffact records in 2024.
