It’s been a busy few weeks for Paul Kasner, the Montreal multi-instrumentalist, writer and producer behind the musical project Venus Furs! The release of his self-titled debut LP quickly became critically-acclaimed as a great use of well-established influences (think My Bloody Valentine, The Jesus and Mary Chain), but blended in a way that sounds like nothing you’ve heard before.
Shortly after the LP release, Venus Furs premiered a cosmic and dreamy music video for “Chaos and Confusion”, produced with The Art of Hart and showing Kasner taking a psychedelic stroll through stark landscapes.
Venus Furs also took part in the “takeaway shows” over at Bodkin Tattoo, a family-run tattoo shop in Montreal’s Mile End neighborhood. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the shop has been welcoming up and coming artists to perform, then sharing the videos on their Instagram account. You can find Venus Furs’ performances of “Chaos and Confusion” and “Fire in Her Eyes” below, or head over to Bodkin Tattoo’s Instagram for performances by Wooden Bathtub, Debate Club, Alias, Jonsey.
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