VOLK is the dynamic power duo that roars with a mix of high-octane rock n roll, classic country swagger, and heart-


wrenching soul. Their live performances radiate with Chris Lowe's (TX, vox and guitar) and Eleot Reich's (CA, vox


and drums) raw energy, pageantry, and wide range of musical influences. VOLK is loud  suits and even louder amps,


it's shiny sequin dresses and an even shinier drum set; VOLK's a damn fun show.





Boutique Western Swing Compositions, Volk’s debut EP, showcases Lowe's and Reich's devotion to heartfelt, honest


songwriting in tandem with their love of unhinged, gritty tones and beats, all captured faithfully on 2” analog tape.





In Fall 2018, VOLK will release their sophomore EP, Average American Band,  on Romanus Records,


promising even more earth-quaking, bombastic cacophony




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Since settling down in Nashville in 2017, VOLK has opened for such acts as Left Lane Cruiser (IN), Royal Thunder


(GA), Diarrhea Planet (TN), Shooter Jennings, Mayeux and Broussard (TX), The Ghost Wolves (TX),


Brother Oh Brother (IN), CATL (Toronto) and John Evans (TX).



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WATCH THE LYRICAL VIDEO FOR "hAT n bOOTS" -
​VOLK'S FIRST SINGLE OFF THEIR UPCOMING EP, AVERAGE AMERICAN BAND.

PRESS





"...midway through a song, Lowe started burning on his guitar. And when he started fiddling with his pedal case, he must have flipped a switch that turned Reich


from a country princess into a metal goddess. When Reich starts flailing on her drums, she’s as maniacal as any drummer I know. That’s a good thing.
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Nope, make it a great thing. See VOLK if you can. They’ll heat up your night."


​Carl Abernathy (Cahl's Juke Joint)






"VOLK... make a kind of raw music that we are unaccustomed to hearing in our modern age. Their first release feels like a 


masterpiece – a four-song window into wild and fertile universe where the ghosts of all the singers trapped on crackling 78s 


mingle hand-in-hand with the most soulful rock and roll musicians the world has ever heard." 


Tom Tom Magazine  (#22: The Touring Issue)





"Saddles you up in the harsh world of the Wild West before the band pulls up in their hot rod and tells you to get in" 


Digital Wheat Paste (May, 2017)




"Scheming lyrics, driving beats, cocky guitar parts, and an energy that can be felt half a world away. 


It’s all on display here and it’s just fantastic."


Sound Gaze, Doug Nunnally (March 2016) 





"The music is retro without being regressive, playing with conventions and tones like Tarantino in his own cinematic 


visions of the West. It is music that sounds like it came from a place way back when but couldn’t have been written any



other time but now." 

Schlur Magazine (February 2016) 






"[VOLK]create music that fits them and not the requirements for music trends of today."


My Random Jukebox (February 2016) 





"No frills, no unnecessary production. It’s rock and roll in a pure, unadulterated form."


Tilting Windmill Studios (January 2016) 






"...VOLK has a great minimal sound for anyone looking for an Americana sound without any frills or gimmicks to it."


  
Sound Gaze,  Doug Nunnally  (August 1st, 2015) 






"...I felt like I was speeding down a dirt road in a vintage convertible with the sun beating down on my neck. Eleot ruled the drum 


set like a kick-ass Karen Carpenter, and Chris could play the guitar as if he sold his soul to the Devil down in Georgia for his


amazing gift. They played unapologetically loud and had the perfect amount of energy to kick things off for the night. "


Berlin Logs (Full Article)





"Both have been living in Berlin for the last two and a half years. But they couldn’t be more far away from the stereotype o


 modern cities...With sweat and calloused hands they create sturdy Country Rock'n'Roll."


Fever Creek Festival  (Full Profile)