VENETIAN VEIL is a creative duo based in Portland, OR, who, for over a decade, have released a string of EPs and albums exploring a vast array of dark and ethereal sounds.
Originally hailing from Sacramento, CA, Jim Willig (Lament Cityscape, Cura Cochino, audioemetic) and Susan Hunt began collaborating in the post-metal band Waning, before moving on to release music as Venetian Veil in 2010. From the gothic kosmische instrumentals of their Conjurings audio cassette series and live film scores, to their more song-oriented albums fusing ambient, goth, and shoegaze sounds, the band has actualized their own virtual world of sound: the sounds of sleep transmissions from the minds of another world.
In 2022, Venetian Veil released of THE LANDS OF THE LIVING AND THE DEAD on Dune Altar.
In 2024, a new EP emerged, SILENT LAND (REBUILD) / VERDANT PULSING.
Venetian Veil continues to weave a tapestry of sound that could be described as minimalist-Morricone meets post-goth folk with the patience of Steve Von Till and the melancholic worldly beauty of Dead Can Dance.
Stargaze, sleep, dream, repeat.
Press -
“They weave a hauntingly beautiful tapestry of darkwave, post-punk, and a worldly dark and atmospheric folk that’s part Ennio Morricone, part Cocteau Twins, part Dead Can Dance.” - POST-PUNK.COM
“Mood is the defining current in “The Lamb,” but there is percussive movement in a kind of linear build as well, peppered through with wistfully cinematic keyboard and a purposefully understated figure of electric guitar. There’s a lift to the end some of Hunt‘s lines that reminds of Patrick Walker on the last 40 Watt Sun…” - The Obelisk
“Focuses on a wide range of dark and atmospheric sounds, bringing together features from darkwave, post punk, goth, shoegaze and ambient into something quite imaginative...carries a deep kind of darkness mingling with a traditional dark folk tone.” - Destroy/Exist
“I hear the experimentation and in a way, it greatly reminds me of the early 80’s when The Cure created Faith, 17 Seconds and Pornography, albums that truly pulled you into their misty, Victorian era, like dark and tragic romanticism.” - Onyx Music Reviews
“Who are Venetian Veil? They’re a killer musical project that defies genres! They manifest the kind of beautiful sounds that will free the power of your mind from any restrictions!” - CVLTNATION
Photo by Danielle Best - Abracadab Photography
Photo by Tom Asselin
“Treeline” - official video (2022)
“Swallow” - official video (2021)