The Apathetic and the Creative with AV Dummy

Cultural Mixtapes

Once in a while you get musicians that evade all possible descriptors. Such is the case today’s guest AV Dummy. All I can say with certainty is that the London-based band is made up of vocalist BUCHANAN, Producer Christy Carey, Bass player Sat Chatterjee, and Drummer Jerome Johnson. They recently released their debut album titled PORNOVIOLENCE. This album exists as an amalgamation of everything going on in the world these past few years. And when I say everything, I truly mean everything. The sound is big and filled with so much nuance, that it’s near impossible to grasp everything going on in the music… and perhaps that’s the point?

PORNOVIOLENCE is a portrait of apathy in our time. It’s a roller coaster ride of countless emotions throughout, but they all come together to create a sense of disillusionment. The lyrics take on a number of different styles, and the production is filled with exciting sounds and techniques that create a beautifully discombobulated sound that I’d never heard before. They’ve been touring around London and the UK, and were recently shouted out by Finneas as musicians who are blowing him away.

I sat down with vocalist BUCHANAN who takes us through the story of the band, the creative process behind the album, and talks about the goals of PORNOVIOLENCE. I’m restraining myself from prefacing this conversation any further, because as you will soon figure out from the conversation, adjectives don’t really do this group justice.

PORNOVIOLENCE on Apple Music
and Spotify

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