LVKE JVAREZ

IT'S LUKE WITH A "V" 

BASED OUT OF HOUSTON TEXAS, LVKE JVAREZ IS THE BRAINCHILD OF SINGER/SONGWRITTER LUCAS JUAREZ

 PRE-PANDEMIC LUCAS WAS STEPPING BACK ONTO THE STAGE AFTER A 15 YEAR HIATUS WITH FORMER GROUP THE BUSINESS MACHINES WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED THEMSELVES AS A SEASONED HARD ROCK/POST PUNK ACT. 

DURING THE PANDEMIC, HOWEVER, LUCAS FOUND HIMSELF ISOLATED AS THE WORLD WENT ON LOCKDOWN. IT SEEMED ANOTHER HIATUS WOULD BE IMMINENT.

YEARS PRIOR, LUCAS HAD BEEN MAKING MODEST RECORDINGS OF DEMO MATERIAL USING AN ANDROID APP, WITH LOCKDOWN IN PLACE AND BAND MEMBERS STREWN ACROSS NORTH AMERICA, LUCAS BEGAN WORKING ON NEW MATERIAL USING THE SAME PHONE APP. BUT RATHER THAN TRYING TO REPRODUCE ROCK/PUNK ARRANGEMENTS WITH REALISTIC DRUM SOUNDS, HE DECIDED TO EMBRACE THE ELECTRONIC SOUNDS OF 808s AND OTHER EDM BEATS AND LOOPS.

LONGING FOR FRIDAY NIGHTS AT HOUSTON'S ICONIC GOTH DANCE CLUB "NUMBERS", LUCAS BEGAN WRITTING MUSIC THAT COULD TAKE HIM BACK TO THOSE PRE-PANDEMIC NIGHTS.

 COMBINING ELEMENTS OF HARD ROCK, 80s NEW WAVE AND POST PUNK, HE CREATED HIS FIRST TRACK, NEVER INTENDING ON IT TO BE PERFORMED LIVE.

AFTER SHARING IT WITH EX-BIZ MACHINE AND ROCKY ROAD TOURING OWNER/OPERATOR, ANDREW HAPER, HE WAS ENCOURAGED TO FORM A GROUP AND PLAY LIVE AGAIN. SLOWY LUCAS BEGAN TO RE-INVENT HIMSELF AS A SOLO ARTIST, WRITTING AND PRODUCING A NEW BATCH OF SONGS THAT WOULD END UP BEING PERFORMED LIVE AND RELEASED ON MUTANT SOUNDS RECORDS. 

WITH NO BAND NAME TO PERFORM UNDER HE DECIDED TO BRAND THE PROJECT USING HIS NAME...LVKE JVAREZ

TODAY, LVKE JVAREZ CONSITS OF LUCAS ON GUITAR AND LEAD VOCALS AND HIS BROTHER AND EX-BANDMATE MATTHEW JUAREZ (DREAM SHAKE, SORE LOSER, DIG DUG) ON BASS AND BACKING VOCALS.

COMBINING THEIR 20+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, THE TWO BROTHERS WORK SEAMLESSLY TOGETHER ON THE STAGE AND IN THE STUDIO CRANKING OUT THEIR UNIQUE INTERPRETAION OF THE DARKWAVE AND GOTH ROCK GENRE