Overview

• The band’s two June releases, ‘Floating On Echoes’ and ‘Dust and Silence,’ climbed into Spotify’s most-played playlists within weeks.
• Listener data indicates that algorithmic recommendation features fueled the group’s jump to over half a million monthly streams.
• All credited songs list only the band itself and omit producers, reflecting an unusual lack of collaboration metadata.
• Efforts to verify the identities of Gabe Farrow, Lennie West, Milo Raines and Orion “Rio” Del Mar have uncovered only AI-like imagery and a faulty Billboard quote.
• The Velvet Sundown’s growth has intensified calls for clear AI disclosure rules to protect artists’ rights and platform transparency.