Violent Change

Violent Change is a Bay Area lo-fi rock project founded in 2011 by singer-songwriter Matt Bleyle (also credited as Gladys Bleyle). Bleyle is the band's sole constant member, serving as vocalist, chief songwriter, producer, and engineer, with a rotating cast of collaborators contributing across recordings and live performances. The band has released material on several independent labels, including Melters Records, Catholic Guilt Records, It Takes Two Records, and Bleyle's own Sloth Mate Productions. Violent Change emerged from the same Bay Area underground scene that produced Ty Segall, Thee Oh Sees, Life Stinks, and CCR Headcleaner, though the band's music was characterized by critics as darker and more introspective than the prevailing garage-rock sound of the early 2010s.