Navigating influences including post-punk, shoegaze, Krautrock, and jangly indie pop, members of the BV's hail from Germany and the U.K. After debuting with the echoey, lo-fi Speaking from a Distance in 2017, they gradually upgraded production across albums including 2019's Cartography and 2024's taking pictures of taking pictures without distancing themselves from overcast inspirations.
Frederik Jehle (Endlich Blüte) and Josh Turner (Planet Jazz) launched the BV's in 2016, when Jehle moved from Augsburg, Germany to Cornwall, England for a university exchange program and the...