Playing To Vapors

Playing To Vapors has opened for artists Maps & Atlases, Civil Twilight, CHON, Parachute, Dreamers, Saintseneca, and have played festivals such as Bunbury Festival, CMJ, Canadian Music Week, Brite Winter, Paper City Music Festival, Independent's Day. Their video for "Whisper" has been nominated for a 2015 Toronto Reel Indie Film award, and awarded Best Music Video of 2015 by Out of The Blue Magazine. Named a Band To Watch in 2016 by Columbus Alive. Brite Winter Band to Catch (Cleveland Scene): "Two strangely similar and equally poignant falsettos belong coincidentally to two ginger-haired singers: hard rock god Josh Homme and Lucas Harris of Columbus’s Playing to Vapors. Playing to Vapors claims to offer audiences “a unique style of groove-based alternative rock.” Unique is a bold assertion in this oversaturated business, but it’s hard to disagree. The bands’ music combines “First It Giveth”-style Queens of the Stone Age with the sounds of experimental act Battles, producing electronic-infused rock that is heavily dependent on a driving percussive rhythm. Harris is the real deal: his live performances are spot-on, proving that his organic talent isn’t just a studio-engineered hoax....If they keep the momentum going by releasing a full-length formal debut in 2016, there’s no telling where these fellas are headed." (Bethany Kaufman) Bunbury Festival "Must Sees" (City Beat): Columbus, Ohio five-piece Playing to Vapors’ brand of AltRock is a particularly enigmatic one, soaring on an airy ambiance full of crafty rhythms, hypnotic, progressive guitar lines and vocals that recall the elastic brilliance of the late, great Jeff Buckley (fans of U.K. arena rockers Muse will also find the band’s soulful, high-ceilinged sound thoroughly engaging). The group put out its first EP, Identities, in 2012 and, after a series of single releases, recently followed it up with the excellent A Glitch in a Void EP. Named for a phrase one of the band member’s musician father used to describe a lightly attended gig, Playing to Vapors shouldn’t face many similar situations as word continues to spread about its magnetic music. The sky’s the limit for this talented quintet. (Mike Breen) "Columbus-based alternative act Playing To Vapors are building an empire with their unique blend of groove-based atmospheric rock. Their latest EP A Glitch In A Void is out this April and acts as a departure for the band, who are drawing a growing fanbase and steady amount of critical acclaim. (Kate Bingham, In Your Speakers) Playing To Vapors is an independent band from Columbus, Ohio with a unique style of groove-based alternative rock.