VUM Began In 2008 As The Songwriting Duo Jennifer Pearl And Christopher Badger Working In And Out Of The Secret Lodge In Topanga Canyon CA. Partners In Crime And Co-Conspirators For This New Throbbing Noir Heartbeat The Two Tread A Deceptively Minimalist Path. Their Debut EP “Strange Attractor” Manages To Be The Desert The Tropics And “the Streets” All At Once. In 2011 VUM Released Their First Full-Length Album Night Sun On Secret Lodge Recordings. Night Sun Lead The Listener Further Into The Jungle-Choked Latitudes Of Distant Locales And Explored The Dark Side Of Psychic War Whilst Becoming A Favorite Of The Underground Blogosphere And A Staple On Henry Rollins KCRW Radio Show. VUM Now Includes Live Drummer/percussionist Scott Spaulding Who Makes His First Appearance On Their 2012 Seven Inch Single Release- Laura Palmer/Are You Animal? Secret Lodge Recordings . These Two Tracks Show A Shift Deeper Into The Darkwave/ Pop-Noir Spectrum Of VUM’s Aesthetic. Laura Palmer Was Hailed As A Song That “will Forever Be Cemented Into Your Mind As A Song That You Loved Deeply" By Bloggers A “pop Culture Fav” By USA Today And Is In Constant Rotation On L.A.’s College Radio KXLU And In Rollins’ Saturday Night KCRW Set.