Valleys “Hounds”

08 Apr 2013 — Tonje Thilesen

Fortunately (and unfortunately), the gems of electronic pop coming out of Montreal is no longer a well-kept secret amongst the city's inhabitants, as Agor from Blue Hawaii recently described in an interview with The Fader: "As friends grow past the Montreal scene and leave, there's a kind of falling apart there", while Raph filled out, "I think [Untogether] was an attempt to find the glue as everything was drifting apart." 

On the other side, the musical community of Montreal has many different shapes and followings (and international exposure surely isn't a negative thing), but Montreal duo VALLEYS seem to have a broader audience in the US than their homeland, but again, maybe that's just from an outsider's perspective. The duo is set to release their new record Are You Going To Stand There And Talk Weird All Night on New York-based imprint Kanine Records on April 30th, most recently the home of Zambri, Young Prisms, Fear of Men and more. 

Below is a brand new cut off the album, a lyrically spiritual, musically mysterious tune that inevitably will give off a few thoughts to Chromatics' vocalist Ruth Radelet and her drowsy, but aerial vocal harmonies.