Hailing from Seattle, the Somber Violets sound is built around chorus-drenched overdrive bass, graveyard shag guitar, with pounding live drumming and fog shine synth all backing up siren-like vocals. With focus ranging from the occult and esoteric to 80s style horror movies, Somber Violets brings gothic rock to the forefront of their local scene with funk inflences and post-punk grit. Somber Violets continues in the gothic rock tradition drawing from acts like Sisters of Mercy, Joy Division, Type O Negative, Nox Novacula, Vision Video, Calabrese, and many post-punk and deathrock acts.