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VALLEY
LOST IN TRANSLATION
out now!

+ Australian Tour this August

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Following a streak of dazzling new singles, performed live for fans first on a North American headlining tour and confirmed for an Australian headline tour, alternative-pop band Valley – comprised of Rob Laska, Mickey Brandolino, Alex Dimauro, and Karah James – release their anticipated, sophomore album Lost in Translation. James describes, “Lost in Translation is a tribute to our relationship over the many years as friends and bandmates, working through misunderstandings, and finding our way through the radio noise.”

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The second record follows their debut album MAYBE (2019) and has been three years in the making, with the 15-tracks coming together like glimpses of a journal. Laska reflects, “it poses more questions than answers which has been an accurate description of our lives since releasing our first album. It’s been a maze to figure out what this all means, why we still do it, what’s been found and most importantly, what’s been lost along the way.”

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Drawing from pop-culture references, inspired by iconic bands through the decades, rooted in personal experience and laced with hints of distinctive Valley soundscapes. James notes, “’Evenings & Weekends’ is one of my favourite tracks on the album. I remember waking up that day in our little A-frame house in the Hollywood Hills wanting to write an ABBA-like song. We started with a tempo like “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!” and went for the same dark 70’s pop vibe that song has. It’s about conditional love and how it feels to be disposal to a person.” Where the title track off the album, “started off as a tribute to Otis and Maeve from the show Sex Education. It was about star crossed lovers who misunderstood each other,” says James. The final track on Lost In Translation, “Fishbowl,” peeks into Valley’s core motivations; a drive to remain present at all times and how continuing to make music keeps the band motivated. Brandolino expands, “At times, life can feel like you’re living in a fishbowl – watching it pass you by as one big blur. If you’re lucky, someone or something will break you out eventually and you can be present again. No matter how hard we try not to, we often end up back in the bowl at some point in our lifetime for whatever reason, but our fascination, longing and searching is never lost when we know we’ll break out again. Music always breaks us out, when you see it take on a million different soundtracks of a million different lives, it’s the energy we use to keep going.”

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The album includes five previously released tracks that have amassed over 10 million global streams collectively, including “We Don’t Need Malibu,” released just two days ago as a final gift to fans for their ongoing support. “Throwback Tears,” kicked off the Lost In Translation era at the beginning of the year and was covered by Kerala folk/indie group When Chai Met Toast and shared on Rolling Stone India. “Good, but not together” followed as an anthem for finding closer following a relationship, released alongside a performance video. The third single, “Break For You” appeared on the Canada Top 50 Viral chart on Spotify and was the #2 Most Added Overall and at Top 40 on Canadian radio, currently charting inside top 25 on Top 40 radio. Then the sad summery bop, “Have A Good Summer (Without Me),” which was praised by Consequence, saying “Valley are instead kicking off the season by stepping into singleness. It’s dreamy and light, offering the perfect introduction to the hottest time of year.”

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