Velvet Two Stripes share a ghost story on their rocking new single Interstate Bridge — showcasing today on Tinnitist.
“This is a ghost story about Vancouver, Washington’s missing mayor,” the Swiss blues-punk trio say. “On Sunday, Oct. 17, 1920, Vancouver Mayor G. R. Percival (1860-1920) disappeared after a stroll through the city and across the Interstate Bridge over the Columbia River. His body was found more than a month later, hanging from a tree in dense woods on Hayden Island, located in the river between Vancouver and Portland. He became known as the Interstate Bridge Ghost.”
The bandmemembers came across the story while recording their upcoming fourth album No Spell For Moving Water in the U.S. Driving the I-5 every morning from Portland to the studio in Vancouver, they crossed the very same bridge as Percival. After finding a book of local ghost stories, the band decided to pay tribute to the city by dedicating a song to the late mayor.
No Spell For Moving Water arrives on Oct. 6. It captures the three musicians pounding out raw guitar rock over a bluesy and punky foundation as usual — though it also surprises you with new pop facets. The album’s nine songs testify to the independence of the trio, who know only one direction: Forward. No evil spell clings to running water, and certainly not to a band that always keeps moving.
Check out Interstate Bridge above, sample more from Velvet Two Stripes below, and meet them in the middle on their website, Instagram and Facebook.
