Delta of Venus Intertwined Voyage Blends Shoegaze and Reverie

The Sound of Chaos, Played Softly

Venus might still be burning hot in the night sky, but it feels closer than ever when you listen to Intertwined, the latest offering from Delta of Venus – a band that refuses to die, refuses to behave, and refuses to color inside the lines. Released May 7, 2025, this new two-track single drifts through its own atmosphere, unbothered by trends or timelines. Intertwined feels like a conversation with the void, answered by fuzzed-out guitars and an almost reverent, broken empathy for a world cracking at the edges.

Issy, the band’s newly-discovered voice, brings a presence that slips into the melody like it’s always lived there. And honestly, the first time I heard it, I felt like she’d been singing in my head for years. What comes through it’s presence. The kind that makes you stop whatever you’re doing and just listen. I did. And in both the full-force version and the acoustic shoegaze counterpart (a phrase that makes your eyebrows raise at first, until you realize it’s exactly what your soul needed), the band expands their already genre-agnostic palette with emotional richness.

The sound is layered but raw, dreamy without drifting into apathy. And the story behind the acoustic version? A joke at rehearsal. Bassist Mat Tarbox tossed the idea out just for a laugh – until Ellery Twining picked up one of his acoustic guitars and made it something hauntingly real. That’s how it works sometimes. The best art starts with a smirk.

Practice Rooms, Drum Machines, and 90s Grit

Delta of Venus carved their path the long way – every note, every dropout, every reverb-soaked moment feels like it’s been paid for in full. That kind of sound comes from years of doing the work, the weird way. Starting back in a 1993 basement, trying to play instruments they couldn’t play. Call it reckless or genius, but they started by picking up instruments they barely knew, just to chase a sound that hadn’t been born yet. And somehow, in that chaos, they built something real. I’ve got a soft spot for that kind of guts.

Mat Tarbox went from shouting into mics in Mystic, CT to holding down basslines like an anchor in a storm. Ellery Twining stepped away from his drum kit and started figuring out guitar by feel. They wired up an HR-16 Alesis drum machine, dropped a couple cassette EPs, and drew a crowd that didn’t know what the hell was happening but didn’t want it to stop. On New Year’s Eve 1994, drummer Shawn Fake jumped on stage to play live drums over the pre-programmed beats – he’s still behind the kit, and the band never looked back.

They put out vinyl, played dirty indie rooms between New York and Providence, dropped a full-length in ’97… and then life got in the way. Or maybe just reality. Same thing. Delta of Venus went silent.

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From Disengaged to Intertwined: A Full Circle Rebirth

A lot has happened since 1997. Delta of Venus came back through the fog with their compass set forward, not to bask in old glories but to stir the pot again. The energy’s different now – rougher in places, sharper in others – but the spark’s still kicking around like it owns the place. I didn’t expect to care this much about a band reuniting after decades, but here I am, rooting for the chaos. Ellery’s solo records (REVENGE and RESULTS) kept the creative fire flickering, but it was the ghost of DoV that refused to stay buried. A simple invitation brought the band back together. Not to reminisce, but to write.

The comeback single Disengaged b/w Slipping reminded everyone that Delta of Venus never fit the mold. Their structure? There is none. No choruses, no verses, no wanky solos. Just movements circling each other like animals in the dark. Then came Issy. A quiet force found in a record store, because of course she was. One shift at Mystic Disc, and Ellery asked if she could sing. Nine weeks later, she laid down vocals for both tracks in three hours. It’s the kind of voice that sounds like it’s always been there – even when you know it hasn’t.

A Note from the Passenger Seat

I don’t know what it is about this track. The first time I played it, I didn’t reach for the volume – I just sat there, letting it rearrange the room around me. It sits next to you in the car when you’re driving past empty lots and flickering signs. There’s something in it that taps into what you thought you buried back in ’99. Suddenly, you’re wondering if we’re all tangled up in each other more than we care to admit – even when we’re too tired to text back. And maybe that’s the whole point.

Let’s keep this groove alive – you can find Delta of Venus on Spotify, Instagram, Bandcamp or YouTube. And if you feel even slightly stirred, share the sound.