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Screen Vinyl Image
Screen Vinyl Image are a Virginia–based electronic/psychedelic group composed of husband/wife duo Jake Reid and Kim Reid. The band plays a heavy and heady blend of rock and electronic music with influences in psychedelic, shoegaze, new wave and dark wave genres. The band has more recently been dubbed by the press as being goth-gaze.

Early Days / Midnight Sun EP
Screen Vinyl Image formed in early 2007 after Jake and Kim's first band, Alcian Blue broke up in the fall of 2006. They spent the winter working on demos using synthesizers, drum machines and guitars. These demos eventually became songs for The Midnight Sun EP which came out in winter of 2007 on Alcian Blue's label, Safranin Sound. The EP was mastered by Archie Moore (Black Tambourine, Velocity Girl) and received press citing the bands influences in shoegaze, kraut-rock, electro and hip-hop. The band spent spring of 2007 working the songs out for live performance and played their first show at the Black Cat in Washington DC in June of 07. While the band's sound does not fit into the tight confines of the shoegaze genre, the band is still considered a part of the VA shoegaze scene which consists of Skywave, Alcian Blue, Ceremony and The Offering.

2008
The band spent much of 2008 playing shows while working on demos for their first full length. The first single, Chaser, was released on Safranin Sound and contained the title track and a collection of live recordings from 2007 shows. There was also a split 12 inch record that came out in late 2008 with their friends Ceremony which was released on the VA Beach label Custom Made Music.

2009 / Interceptors
Interceptors was released in January of 2009 and is the debut full length by SVI. The release show was held at Pianos in New York City on Valentines Day. The cover of the record contains a striking photo of Kim Reid and is said to be influenced by the movies Suspiria and Satan's Sadists while the back of the record contains an ominous photo of Jake Reid which is said to be influenced by the movie Halloween. The album's general themes revolve around paranoia and science fiction. (Many SVI songs reference The Twilight Zone both in plot and song titles) Interceptors kept a steady momentum of press in 2009 and was well-receive by press and media as being a unique blend of electronic music, psychdelic rock and atmospheric and layered found in many shoegaze albums.

2010
Screen Vinyl Image are starting 2010 with a 12 inch of remixes. The remixes were done by friends of the band (Hypefactor, Remarkably Spry, Teenage SinTaste, I.H.M.C.) as well as a few remixes by the band themselves. They are releasing a 7-inch single, Siberian Eclipse on Fan Death Records on June 29, and are currently working on two other 7-inches for Custom Made Music, Too Much Speed and a split with Dutch electronic musician Rude 66.

Touring
Screen Vinyl Image have maintained a regular touring schedule since summer of 2007 including shows up and down the East Coast, a few visits to the mid-west, a 2009 tour in Tokyo (with Ceremony), and recently in 2010, a trip to Texas for the third annual Austin Psych Fest hosted by The Black Angels (band). The band has played with notable influences in their sound like Spectrum (aka Peter Kember) and Adam Franklin as well as shows with their contemporaries and friends A Place To Bury Strangers, Ulrich Schnauss, Auburn Lull.

Studio Albums

 * 2010 Remixes (Custom Made Music) LP/CD
 * 2009 Interceptors (Safranin Sound/Custom Made Music)LP/CD
 * 2008 Ceremony/Screen Vinyl Image Split (Custom Made Music) LP/CD

EP's

 * 2007 The Midnight Sun (Safranin Sound)

Singles

 * 2010 Siberian Eclipse (Fan Death Records) 7"
 * 2008 Chaser (Safranin Sound) CD

Compilations

 * 2009 Revolution in Sound (Northern Star Records) CD
 * 2009 Strung Out Vol 1 (Third Wave Collective) CD
 * 2009 KillRedRocketRecords Comp (Killredrocketrecords) Digital
 * 2008 Unexplainable Forever (Unexplainable) Cassette Tape

External Sources
Official Site Myspace Facebook Last.fm You Tube