Appealing to an emotional space of lost comfort, forgotten feelings and artistic angst, Julian Cires’ genre-defiant indie art project Lavola crafts dangerously intimate and fiercely vibrant songs and live shows filled with volcanic energy and striking nuance. Melding a punk-rock edge with intellectual charm beneath layers of melodic distortion, Lavola creates a cavalcade of contradictions that are better together than apart. Guitars, noise, violins, and drums coalesce and collide to create a sound that’s simultaneously chaotic and refined, their live shows both precise and unhinged, a revolving cast of masochists battling against their own worst impulses. Lavola makes music for painters, music for lovers, and music for the dislocated. -Veronica EmilynThus far, LAVOLA has released their seminal “albumette” “Leaving Paris” in 2011, “This Book is My Cowardice,” in 2014, and most recently the single “Your Alarm Bell” after a 7+ year studio hiatus.