You Win Again, Gravity! Vitesse was an electro pop duo from the United States that formed in and went on indefinite hiatus in the mids. Klein was most notably once the drummer for the indie rock outfit Toulouse and a staff-writer for the satirical newspaper, The Onion.
The two first collaborated in at the University of Chicago. They had worked on a piece for their Intro to Music Compostition class. Late the following year, under the moniker Vitesse, they recorded their debut album A Certain Hostility at home, in a marathon 36 hour session. The album was released on the Hidden Agenda label the next spring. In late , the dreamy You Win Again, Gravity! After this, Vitesse quietly retired to other pursuits.
According to the Parasol. Josh is settled in Chicago where he writes extensively for the entertainment section of a very funny weekly paper.
Source: AllMusic and last. Vitesse continues to wear their influences proudly on their sleeve, delivering another batch of Magnetic Fields- and Factory Records-inspired songs on their third album, What Can Not Be, But Isβ¦. However, the prominence of their inspirations in their music ends up being more reassuring than disappointing; pretty, bittersweet songs like A Statue on Easter Island, The Writing on the Wall, and Starlight will please fans of old and new indie-pop alike with their simple, dreamy synth melodies.
Overall, when the band as a whole goes for energetic guitar pop with fuzz as opposed to endless cascades, everything really shines, and one can audibly note the band getting more interesting and energetic over time. Perhaps the most pleasant surprise is the one cover version included β Since Yesterday , the fluke U. Flint and Dewey had been in school bands together, and when the two moved to London in the autumn of met Brown who completed the line-up.
