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1. GIRL, I’M GONNA BLOW YOUR MIND
WITH MY CHOREOGRAPHY

2. DOPES, LIARS AND DIAMONDS

3. LATE NIGHT PHONE CALL

4. TRASHED PILOT

5. PHOTOSYNTHESIS (FREEYOURSELF)

Greg Jacobs started the group weeping in fits and starts in the early '90s, working with a
revolving cast of musicians including Paula Kelley, Shawn Devlin (Helium), and Olivier

Strauch (Instinct-era The Moles). In 1996 Ryan Veilleux answered an ad for a band looking
for a "Motown meets My Bloody Valentine" kind of sound. While Ryan started out on bass,
he soon was settling in on lead guitar, and the band started moving in a new direction. In

2000, after enlisting the solid beats of Michael Steigman, who they serendipitously met
through a mutual friend who was a longtime fan of the band, the time for a name change
was at hand, and Verona Downs was born. The band finally released its debut album, I

Listen Thru All The Breaking Oceans in 2004, to wide critical acclaim. From the lush, dirge-y
"Isn't That The Way" to the shimmering boy-girl pop of "Blue Noon," through the spacey
yearning of "Feelers" and the lonely radiance of "Green Yellow Red," then ending with the

robust nine-minute epic "Slow Fly," ILTATBO was a record that took listeners away and
returned them nourished and altered. Shortly after the album and the departure of their
former bassist/ backing vocalist, Lori Murphy, Verona Downs discovered ex-Permanent
Vacation singer/songwriter from California, Meghan Barnes. The Verona men enlisted her

on bass and back-up vocals, allowing the band to grow into a more fleshed-out and
collaborative unit.

While strong enough to stand on its own, The Light Reaction EP is a glimpse of the
brilliance that will be heard on Verona's upcoming highly anticipated concept album, Family
Bed. Verona Downs seamlessly crosses styles and genres in order to express diverse

shades. Influenced by the fluid sounds of today's underground, while staying rooted in the
song-based visions of Elliott Smith, Neil Finn, or Grant Lee Buffalo, Verona's
rewarding songs linger on long after the listening experience is over. The Family Bed title

refers to the intricacies, trials, and experiences of both family life at home – including births,
deaths, relationships and break-ups – as well as within the band itself, with it's own intimate
and family-like relationships, in the studio and on the stage.

s e l l i n g p o i nts:

; Verona Downs has a rapidly growing fan base in their hometown of Boston, MA
and have shared the stage locally with Mary Lou Lord, Of Montreal, Daniel Johnston,
Kind of Like Spitting, Idaho, The Mobius Band, The Aluminum Group, The
Mendoza Line, Handsome Family, Giant Sand, and many more.

; The Light Reaction EP is a glimpse of the brilliance that will be heard on Verona's
upcoming highly anticipated concept album, Family Bed, and will be serviced to press
as part of this concept series. There will be an extensive publicity, marketing, radio,
and video campaign behind these releases.

; Plenty of promos, posters, and in-store play copies available to all!

"'I Listen Thru All the Breaking Oceans' is really a
masterpiece...Verona Downs knows how to sing,
how to play their instruments, how to use their
effects, how to write good songs, how to set a
mood in those songs... basically they just know how
to work it."

– Northeast Performer

"The long-awaited debut from this Boston quintet
lives up to it's advance promise/billing.... These
guys/girl may have taken their sweet time, but they
sure got it right as a result. I Listen is a bit of a
deceptive stormer." (made BT's top 40 records)

- The Big Takeover

"All of the band's considerable gifts take a victory
lap on the disc's closer, the nine-minute whisper-to-
a-muted-scream emo dream pop of 'Slow Fly', a
song that, much like the rest of the album, hangs in
the air like a melancholy mist."

-- HARP

"Leisurely strummed guitars, a weepy violin,
sweet'n'sour coed harmonies... almost every song
has a chorus that will get stuck in your head."

- Mundane Sounds

"...sweet boy-girl harmonies and fuzzy chamber
pop....Verona Downs is a band that's about to
bloom."

- Boston Globe

"Verona Downs' debut full-length is a mash of
bittersweet boy-girl harmonies, gentle melodies,
and delicate chamber pop....clever wordplay
and Pixies-esque guitar parts.....slumbering dream
poppers out in the ether won't be able to get
enough of the record...."

- All Music Guide