Silverpeak

Big Machine

Going To Go

Switchblade

Circuits

This 3-movement song follows a character from childhood into adulthood and hopes to show how people's behavior, when seen through a long lens, can be both understood and sympathized with. You never know where someone's been before they get to you...

I. Filling The Void

Violence in the rear view mirror of a stranger's car
Violence in the passenger's seat of a stranger's car
Raised his hand and ripped her shirt [and]
tore her soul
Took her future away

Taking hits in the parking lot 
at exit 6
Turning tricks in the parking lot of motel 6

Nothing but chaos can fill in the void
Fill the void
Fill the void in my file

No one but you can help me avoid
Help me avoid
Filling the void in my life

Jeff Glassberg: vocals, bass
Danny T. Levin: vocals, guitar
Garth MacAleavey: drums
Joel Martin: pedal steel
David Moyer: piano
Ian Souter: vocals, guitar

II. Whirlwind

Jeff Glassberg: bass
Danny T. Levin: fender rhodes, guitar, piano, alto horn
Eric Lilavois: cymbals
Joel Martin: pedal steel
David Moyer: piano
Carina Round: vocals
Ian Souter: baritone horn

III. It Never Ends

Looking at the others
Inner thoughts unspoken
I can hear them laughing
and everyone pretends

It never ends
It never ends

My circle's compromised
so the cycle stays unbroken
Trapped inside the pattern
Battering your friends

It never ends
It never ends

The scream before the silence
is all that's real to me

The scream before the silence
The echoe's deafening
The echoe's deafening
The echoe's deafening

It never ends
It never ends
It never ends
It never ends

Jeff Glassberg: vocals, bass
Danny T. Levin: vocals, guitar, trombone
Garth MacAleavey: drums
Joel Martin: pedal steel
David Moyer: vocals, wurlitzer, clarinet, bass clarinet
Ian Souter: vocals, guitar

Written by Danny T. Levin and Ian Souter Produced by The Ventriloquists and Eric Lilavois. Recorded at Crown City Recording in Pasadena, CA, Mushroom Stamp Productions in West LA, CA. Additional recording at CaliBlue Studios in LA, CA, Valleyheart Studios in North Hollywood, CA and Arc Of Noise Music & Wellness Center, Sherman Oaks, CA. Additional engineering and production by Joe Olender, Andrew Nassih, Joel Martin, and Carina Round. Photography by Ian Souter. Model: Maria Rangel.

The Scream Before The Silence

A cover of the song Girls by The Beastie Boys performed live by The Ventriloquists (www.theventriloquists.com) at the Mint on May 29, 2012.  Recorded by Allan Souter (http://allansoutervideo.com).  Featuring <a href:"http://www.jeffglassberg.com">Jeff Glassberg</a> on bass, <a href:"http://www.mushroomstamp.com">Danny T. Levin</a> on trombone, David Moyer on bari sax, <a href="http://www.iansouterphotography.com">Ian Souter</a> on trumpet and Fernando Sanchez on drums. RIP MCA

Girls (Beastie Boys Cover)

To celebrate the end of the world, The Ventriloquists are giving away our apocalypse-themed song, "Gomorrah."

This song will be free from now until 12/21/12, when the world is supposed to end. Assuming that doesn't happen, we'll start charging a dollar from then on.

Get it while the gettin's good!

Jeff Glassberg: Bass, Lead vocals 
Danny T. Levin: Guitar, backing vocals 
Edy Pickens: Fiddle 
Ian Souter: Trumpet, backing vocals 
David Moyer: Organ, keys, clarinet 
David Timnick: Drums 
Itai Shapira: Sitar 

Recorded at Invengo Records, Hollywood CA, 7th Level Hollywood CA and Mushroom Stamp Productions, Culver City CA. Produced by Josh Rumer and The Ventriloquists. Additional engineering by Danny T Levin, Stewart Carrerras, and David Moyer.

Gomorrah

Hailing from Los Angeles, The Ventriloquists are a collection of musicians that use their unique skills as multi-instrumentalists and songwriters to blend rock, classic soul, jazz, electronics, and the avant-garde into a sound that is wholly their own. They have recently finished work on their second album Bailout!
The Ventriloquists and have been steadily gaining a loyal fan base in LA with their horn-drenched swagger and sound. Always a crowd favorite, The Ventriloquists’ crafty lyrics might leave you wondering if you should laugh or lament, but their energetic live sets are sure to make you get down.

Members of the Ventriloquists have performed and/or recorded with Sara Bareilles, Julian Casablancas, Rilo Kiley, Duffy, Lenka, Built To Spill, Mayer Hawthorne, Bright Eyes and many others.


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