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History

Chicago trio Victorian Halls (originally quartet, before Carlos Luna leaving the band in 2011 following the second fall tour shortly after the release of their first studio album), headed by the lead singer Sean Lenart, have been playing the Chicago underground music scene for years before they recorded their first two records, EP "Springteen" (2007) and the self-titled 'Octo' EP "Victorian Halls" (2010), both as self-releases. The third EP, "Crystal Lenses" (2011) was already recorded and pressed, but subsequently shelved, due to the group getting signed to Victory Records prior to its release. Band's debut studio album titled "Charlatan" was released on

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in August 2011. The album was recorded in Los Angeles in Cameron Webb's recording studio. Their second full-length studio album, "Hyperalgesia" was recorded in Gossip Studios, Chicago, and released in May 2015 with help of prolific music producer and mixer

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Musical style

While the group's first major release, Charlatan, was dominated by rough, punk-rock-like tunes, underlined by Sean Lenart's distinctive, shrill vocals (described by one of the critics as "having reached the heights other lead singers don't even know they exist"), the following studio album, Hyperalgesia, while maintaining the overall characteristic experimental-rock feel of Victorian Halls' music, is a much more mature-rock affair with many great, original songs, that however (perhaps with the exception of the track "Most Firearms Are More Than Adequate in Killing an Undead Brain") lack that unmistakable, fresh roughness of the debut album.

Members

Present *Sean Lenart - lead vocals/lead guitar/piano (2006–present) *Jordan Dismuke - bass guitar (2011–present) *Michael Tomala - drums (2006–present) Live *Phil Battaglia - drums/backing vocals (2015–present) *Luke Harvey - lead guitar (2015) Former *Carlos Luna – electronic keyboard, vocals (2006–2011)

Discography

Studio

EP

Singles

Music Videos

References

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External links

Victorian Halls official website

Victorian Halls on Facebook

Victorian Halls on Victory Records
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