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Veronica Falls

Cemitério de Agramonte, 2012

Walking over cobblestone under the eyes of stone statues, Veronica Falls find themselves in the spring idyll of Porto’s Cemitério de Agramonte. Once the London-based band comes across the first snoozing cat, they are taken by these serene graveyard creatures. The bassist Marion Herbain is especially fond of them and goes stalking for more moggies. Roxanne Clifford, the band’s singer and guitarist, swarms out to take some more analog photos. In this picture-perfect setting of infectious tranquillity Veronica Falls perform their brand new single “Teenage”. It’s a guitar-driven song about an enthusiastic first love, about holding hands and carving names in trees, but there are already dark clouds on the horizon when Roxanne sings: “Driving home at night, I let you listen to the music you like. Then I’ll drop you home again.” As a short conversation indicates, the band then decides not to play their hit single “Found Love in a Graveyard”. It might have been just too obvious in this setting. Roxanne suggests to perform “The Fountain” instead, another melancholic and tuneful song!

Camera
Michael Luger
Sound Recording
Sarah Brugner
Post production
Sarah Brugner
Photography
Sarah Brugner
Artist
Veronica Falls

Cemitério de Agramonte

You hardly find any information in English on this picture-perfect cemetery. Most tourist guides won’t even mention it. It is one of the many tucked away treasures of this unboastful city. The cemetery was established in 1855, as a consequence of a cholera epidemic. Cemitério de Agramonte is situated west of the city centre, in the district of Massarelo. With Prado do Repouso it belongs to Porto’s main cemeteries. Agramonte is of infectious tranquillity and it’s likely that you come across more cats than humans on an extensive walk through the cemetery. However, as the famous Casa da Música has been erected just a stone’s throw away, it is now easier than ever to discover Cemitério de Agramonte on a regular tourist trip.