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Keep Looking Down 12"

by RITUAL VEIL

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Please repeat what you said I’m certain to forget If a note’s not firmly fastened to my head I’m a fool Remind me time and time again I won’t be here when your wounds mend Keep looking down There’s nobody to catch you now Just close your eyes Keep looking in But you alone cannot absolve your sin Perpetuate your selfish lies I’m a fool I am a fool Remind me time and time again Ask me if I think you’re ordinary Does it bore me just standing in this cemetery (at night)? You live your whole life in the dark Afraid to be seen in the light Keep looking down There’s nobody to catch you now Just close your eyes Keep looking in But you alone cannot absolve your sin Perpetuate your selfish lies And if you go You will be the only one who knows Why can’t you see Just how your actions have affected me? Do you even know Sometimes I wonder Sometimes I wonder If you even know
2.
Misery 04:23
When will you see the sign? Something missing in your life You’re trying to convince your mind That your misery should be mine Your misery should be mine Your misery should Who will you dedicate your song to? Could it be for those who’ve wronged you And left you alone? It’s all the same to you as long as no one’s pointing the blame At you That just won’t do And if you cry Tears of plain disdain from bitter eyes Someone might just come change your life And then we come to find out That all along it was just your weekend hideout Where we get high It’s all the same to you as long as no one’s pointing the blame At you That just won’t do And if you cry Tears of plain disdain from bitter eyes Someone might just come change your life Ooh wouldn’t it be nice Your delicate frame couldn’t take the rain in June Your delicate frame couldn’t take the rain
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Will you come home? Another night in the ward Sitting steady by the telephone Losing feeling in these hands I said stop the world I can’t take the spinning anymore But son once your life has gone It just goes on and on It goes on and on That’s how I like it dear Into the unknown Another light from the world Whole world is the color of stone And the wound cuts to the bone I said give me another try This song; it doesn’t rhyme But son once your verse is done It just goes on and on It goes on and on That’s how I like it dear As you’re running around Writing in your part Before you’re taken down Just know my son Once the day is done All your suffering, it means nothing It means nothing to me

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(Review from Post-Punk.com / Alice Teeple)
After growing up together in Portland, Oregon’s punk scene, longtime friends Aidan Wolfe and Wolfgang Williams joined forces dramatic dance-beat, synth-driven pop passion project known as Ritual Veil. Wolfe and Williams developed a deep affinity for similar genres of music and the desire to create their own, utilizing a common love of the connection between music and visual media.

Now they announce a new EP, Keep Looking Down, an opus borne of tragedy, heartbreak, and unspeakable loss…and perhaps a touch of bitterness, Wolfe admits, explaining that the songs are all derived from personal thoughts and experiences, filing a few short pieces into different emotional drawers. “2020 completely turned my life upside down,” says Wolfe. “Having my life upended by Covid and losing my partner to cancer in the same short span had me in a dark place for a while. Writing these songs was pretty much the only cathartic release I had through all of that.”

The title track sets the mood of the casette as something more introspective, while still remaining engaging and hopeful.

“I was hearing vocal samples being used as leads in a lot of songs and felt inspired to do our own take,” says Williams. “As soon as I wrote the lead you hear at the beginning and throughout the song I knew I wanted to write a song around it.”

Wolfe and Williams wrote all of the music together and collaborated on writing synth and drums for the first time. “We’re channeling the essence of RV from when we were first starting to write synth-pop riffs on a little Casio and drum machine and setting up fun photoshoots and set designs in Wolfgang’s basement,” Wolfe says.

The band collaborated with Jonathan Sirit, of Belgrado, for the album artwork as well the art printed on the cassettes. They also collaborate with photographer Yvette Aispuro, who shot the cover.

In 2017 Ritual Veil began rehearsing synth and drum-machine compositions, with Wolfe improvising meandering vocal melodies over top, and pairing the song ideas with stylized sets and abstract visual concepts. Wolfe’s smooth, baritone vocals echo down a hallway of oscillating beats, driving bass tones, and captivating hooks invoking a lustful, melancholic aura.

“Aidan wrote all the lyrics on the album and while he pulled a lot from his own personal experience, I find so many ways to interpret and apply them to my own life,” notes Wolfgang Williams. “I think that’s one of the strengths of this album, and I hope when people hear or read the lyrics they’ll feel a personal connection to them.”

“Wolfgang and I have been friends since high school,” says Wolfe. “We met my freshman year and he looked like Sid Vicious (but with better style, naturally) so I thought he was cool as shit. We made friends pretty quickly. We were both punks and went to the same local all-ages shows in Portland and started a band with some friends. After that disbanded we played around with a couple project ideas before landing on Ritual Veil.”

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released November 15, 2021

RITUAL VEIL is:
Aidan Wolfe
Wolfgang Williams

Cover photo by Yvette Aispuro
Album art by Jonathan Sirit

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