Alt-rock triple threat, Vivian Darkbloom, won the CMJ Sonicbids spotlight award for the week of April 7, 2008. Formed in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 2006, the group has already toured throughout the Northeast with early gigs at famed, alt-rock incubator and dive bar, TT The Bear's. Vivian Darkbloom's first EP, Let's Become Machines, was produced and engineered by the band members themselves: Rob Morris (vocals, guitar) Brian Skerratt (bass, vocals) and Loren Bienvenu (drums). The band's single, "It Is What It Is," was recently played on Boston's mass market radio station WFNX. Rob Morris' live performances have caused a buzz among gadget-geeks—his instrument is a home-made, Nintendo-Wii controlled guitar. In January, the guitar was included in a trade show in Japan for Yamaha and for Genyo Takeda, the inventor of the Wii. www.myspace.com/viviandarkbloomband
