The band consists of Sarah Frances Santamaria (lead vocals), Paul Pearce (guitar), Michael Skiffington (bass) and Jorge Santamaria (drums). Formed in 2012, the group that features front woman Sarah Gleason on vocals, Paul Pearce on lead guitar and vocals, Michael Skiffington on bass, and Jorge Santamaria on drums. VEXINE’s self-titled debut was released in 2013. It features 10 original songs and h
as been described as “taking sultry to bodacious levels, combining rock and roll attitude with country soul”. Their follow-up record, “Live from Nashville” was recorded at The Rutledge in Nashville, TN by renowned sound engineer Frank Sass. VEXINE recorded their third record throughout 2015. They produced a collection of songs that caught everyone’s attention, and they called it LITTLE SIN. Buzzfeed describes VEXINE’s LITTLE SIN as “refreshing” saying Sarah Gleason possesses “a voice I have been searching for my entire life”. Richmond’s own Style Magazine describes VEXINE’s music as “retro future rock”, and Richmond Magazine refers to it as “lounge rock noir”. PASTE Magazine calls LITTLE SIN “bad-ass”, and No Depression Magazine says of VEXINE, “get ready to meet your new favorite band”. All three VEXINE albums are released on their own label, ZAP Records. LITTLE SIN was released April 30th 2016. Vexine took a sabbatical from 2020 - 2022, when Sarah and Jorge moved to New Orleans and Paul and Mike pursued other musical avenues. But, Sarah and Jorge returned to Richmond, VA in late 2022 and “the band got back together”. They’re currently working on a new album of original music that will be released in the latter part of 2023.
