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SYMPATHETIC VIBRATIONS is the freshest example of Univore’s brand of adult contemporary/new age pop, with an emphasis on layered synth textures and well-blended vocal harmonies, executed with the conviction that melody and groove are paramount. 
 
With SYMPATHETIC VIBRATIONS, Univore aims again for a seamless listening experience designed to occupy the farthest reaches of the listener’s intellect and provoke feelings they might not have known were there. 
 
SYMPATHETIC VIBRATIONS, thematically, is focused on the current cultural revolution and spiritual awakening that one can assume is happening across the globe. The opening track, All of a Sudden, a cover of an original Laraaji composition, serves as a thesis statement for the different subject matter contained in the album, which ranges from spiritual revolution, questioning identity, advancing technology, challenging relationship normatives, and decisions regarding your own mortality.  All of our work is built upon a foundation of mortality, love, and spirituality, and this album is no different.
UNIVORE recorded, produced, and mixed all tracks remotely from their homes in Los Angeles and Portland, OR. 
 
Personnel
David Bachmann - guitar, lap steel, synthesizers, and vocals
Nicholas Flandro - synthesizers, vibraphone, electronic and acoustic drums, and vocals
Sagan Jacobson - vocals, guitars, synthesizers, acoustic drums
Lori LeChien - vocals
Shea Marshall - tenor saxophone
Bryan Doherty - bass
 
Produced and mixed by UNIVORE
Mastered by Sagan Jacobson
 
Bios

Lori LeChien grew up singing in a gospel choir in Southern Illinois while being heavily influenced by a mixture of 90s R&B, Modern HipHop, & Traditional Americana. She has done backup vocals for many bands including Ohtis, Mt. Joy, & Portugal the Man. She fronts a one-femme band called Talk2Strangers & makes music to build beloved community.  
 
Sagan Jacobson hails from from Paris, Illinois and currently resides in Antigua, Guatemala, where he works in a mezcal bar, entertains tourists, rides motorcycles, and lives in the woods, all while wearing a Stetson. As a guitarist and vocalist, he’s recorded with Serg Laimsbourg, Liberace, Brother George, and Univore, as well as a number of solo efforts as Sagan Jacobson.
 
Bryan Doherty is a bass player and composer originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin who lives and works in Chicago. He is the founder of the band Hood Smoke, hailed as a “must-see act” by the Chicago Sun Times whose songs have been featured in American Songwriter. Bryan has recorded and played with Matt Gold and Marquis Hill among other acts.
 
Shea Marshall is a true working musician. Originally from McMurray, PA (outside of Pittsburgh), Shea Marshall has been playing music since age 5, and has been performing since he was 12. His primary instruments are saxophone and Hammond organ. He has come to his style through the study of jazz music and through extensive work in the most diverse and disparate venues all over the US, Canada, Mexico, and Europe.

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Dinner With Friends

Two Tooties

Life's Too Short To Be Afraid Of Love

Looking For Your Reflection

The Saltworks

Transformation

Sympathetic Vibrations

Self Immolation Man

Impossibly Soft

UNIVORE is of Nicholas Flandro and David Bachmann. They hail from the Cuyahoga Valley region of Northeast Ohio, and met in high school, during which they embarked on several sound and video projects and first discussed the idea of forming an artistic enterprise. 

Twelve years later, while living on Chicago’s west side, UNIVORE completed their first album, CASALE PROJECT, which is a spoken-word collaboration with local Chicago artist Marco Casale. Nicholas Flandro, with a background in video production, produced and directed several music and promotional videos to accompany the album, thus establishing UNIVORE’s interest and capability as something more than a musical entity.

UNIVORE has released seven studio albums, CASALE PROJECT (2010) a spoken-word collaboration with Chicago artist Marco Casale, LOVE LETTERS (2011), BEASTS FROM A SILK WOMB (2013), MYSTERIES (2015) featuring saxophonist Louis Stockwell, TIME CRYSTAL (2017), CONCH (2018), and SYMPATHETIC VIBRATIONS (2020). UNIVORE also completed a 26-minute short film in 2014 called SPECIMEN 318, collaborating on the screenplay and original music, with Flandro directing the film. 

UNIVORE has collaborated with several artists over the years on different albums, most consistently working with artist Marco Casale, bassist Bryan Doherty, saxophonist Louis Stockwell, and vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Sagan Jacobson. Sagan and Bryan contribute to this release as well as vocalist Lori LeChien and saxophonist Shea Marshall. Multi-instrumentalist Liam Cloyd has contributed to our album Time Crystal.

UNIVORE has been described as “walking the already thin line between earnest creativity and absurdity so thoroughly that it becomes visible only with a magnifying glass; they somehow manage to maintain sincerity in the process,” but we can’t remember who said that.

UNIVORE loves you.

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