Venetian Veil - The Lands of the Living and the Dead

The Lands of the Living and the Dead is a haunting six-track mini-album that weaves ethereal post-punk and darkwave atmospheres. The Portland-based duo, managing production across 2020–21, crafts a conceptual journey split between the “Living” and the “Dead.” Opening with the feedback-tinged drone of “Asleep in the Land of the Living” and pulsing electro‑goth on “Quiver,” the album drifts into sorrowful beauty on the sorrow‑laden “The Lamb.” An instrumental bridge, “Awake in the Land of the Dead,” transitions into soul‑forsaking tracks “Treeline” and “Phantom,” drenched in sweeping synths and Cure‑style guitars. Balancing gothic minimalism, male/female vocal interplay, and a sense of melancholic acceptance, Venetian Veil conjures cinematic soundscapes that transport listeners to liminal realms between earthly existence and spectral afterlife.