Venus is Dead – Long Live Jan Hellriegel
Jan Hellriegel celebrates the release of her new single Venus is Dead out now via DRMNZ.
Venus is Dead has a sultry, rock feel reminiscent of The Breeders or The Pretenders. Jan’s voice is playful and defiant.
“Lyrically I think of it as a very sexy song about the play between man and woman – you can make up the rest of its meaning,” smiles Jan.
Venus is Dead is a resurrection of sorts, and part of a collection of 18 previously unreleased tracks entitled Lost Songs, to be released on May 17th.
A year ago while cleaning out the garage, Jan came across a forgotten taped up box containing a bunch of DAT and cassette recordings of old live sessions, demos and studio work from 1990 – 2003. Curious to hear them again, she headed to Stebbing Recording Studios where engineer Steve McGough carefully “baked” the old tapes and resurrected them as clean, digital files.
“On first listen I was just really pleased to hear the tunes again, and then a little sad that most had never been heard outside of the odd live gig,” says Jan. “I’m a much braver person now, and excited to put these songs out there”.
Hellriegel is currently offering pre-sales of Lost Songs, available exclusively here: http://t.opsp.in/b0ofx
Order now and receive the new single Venus is Dead free, plus 4 previously unreleased tracks from the Radio New Zealand live sessions of 2000, featuring Kevin and Joel Haines, Mark de Clive-Low, Nick Gaffaney and Dominic Blaazer.
Single available from:
iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/venus-is-dead-single/id613852688?uo=4
Amplifier – http://t.opsp.in/r0Cq8
Marbecks – http://t.opsp.in/e0om7
