New York, NY (Top40 Charts) On October 30, Viktor Fiction, the new band / alter ego of veteran production impresario Dave Trumfio, will release their debut EP, Selected Transmissions, through Burnside Distribution. Trumfio has been the man behind the board for a vast group of artists including The Rentals, Sia, Wilco, Grandaddy, My Morning Jacket, Ok Go, Mekons, and Built To Spill. Trumfio was also the front man and songwriter for 90's New Wave revivalist Pulsars who have reached cult status among die hard Indie Electronic fans.
The first track "Love And Addiction" premiered at PureVolume, who said "the song's poppy and peppy new wave would have been at home at any '80s high school dance, yet sounds like it would be at home on any synth pop album released in recent years."
LISTEN: Viktor Fiction - "Love And Addiction" via Top40-Charts:
Viktor Fiction starts where Trumfio left off with Pulsars and fans will enjoy the similarities, but Viktor Fiction is all together a different beast. For one, Trumfio has thrown away the wizard of oz-like gadgetry of the Pulsars live shows and opted for the live band approach that he enjoys twitching, contorting, and singing in front of. He's left the tethers of the traditional guitar and button pushing for the gyrating antics of a proper front man. It's a new era indeed for the self proclaimed Riot Nrrrrd.
The band includes Trumfio's long time production partner Celso A. Estrada (Islands, The Rentals, Beat Club, White Dove) on guitar/programs, drummer Michael Sanger (JUAREZ, Dead Western Plains, These Machines Are Winning) and electro clash darlings Soviet front man and noted film composer Keith Ruggiero on synths. Early shows have proven a golden combination that has included a packed Record Store Day performance in LA and a sold out crowd at NYC's Bowery Ballroom in late July 2015.
Ira Robbins of the Trouser Press once wrote regarding Pulsars debut, "The album is one of the singular accomplishments of the 90's - with it's combination of indelible melodies and seemingly pre-mature bedroom vulnerability and obsessions, it's a science fair version of Pet
Sounds for the computer age." Whether or not you agree, Trumfio was way ahead of his time fighting an uphill battle against rap, rock, spice girls, and well, the rest was history until now.
Selected Transmissions Track Listing:
1. Love And Addiction
2. Ume & The Moon Gurl
3. Falling
4. Gardens
5. Alone Time
Tour Dates:
October 29 - Phoenix, AZ - Yucca Tap Room
October 30 - Tucson, AZ - The Flycatcher.
