Vells is an indie rock band from Seattle, Washington. The band was formed by Tristan Marcum and Ryan Kraft along with Modest Mouse drummer Jeremiah Green after his brief departure from the group in 2001. After releasing their self-titled debut EP on Seattle's Luckyhorse Industries in 2003, Vells signed with the experimental label imputor? and released their debut full-length Flight From Echo Falls on September 7, 2004. After the release of Flight From Echo Falls' and the subsequent departure of two of its founding members; Guitarist Ryan Kraft and Bassist Adam Howry, the band reformed with a new DIY approach to recording.
In 2004 the members of Vells formed a pop-electronic side-project named Psychic Emperor.
In 2007, Vells released their second full-length titled Integretron on imputor? Records.
Chop up your heresy
Run from your destiny
Into this mess
We call our times
In lines and
Drop every courtesy
Shot full of poisoning
And of a hope to haunt
Your nights
And dream lights
Larger than life
I'm already dead
And I refuse
To come and go again
In the claws of
Power pawn dogs
And the taste of
Alum lemonade
Hovered over every mess
I smiled upon
If every hour was wrong
Larger than life
I'm already dead
And I refuse
To come and go again
Larger than life
I'm already dead
And I refuse