Acclaimed dream pop duo In The Valley Below are sharing the new single, “Candy Hearts”, available now via Arts & Crafts, and unveiling the music video directed by Jon Danovic. “Candy Hearts is the story of a fun, indulgent and shallow relationship,” says Angela Mattson, “the kind of relationship that is exciting but going nowhere. Inspiration came from many past love affairs. It started with this cool, dark instrumental track where we sampled our friend’s dog growling. The sound is buried deep now, but the feel permeates. It’s dark and sweet.”
“Candy Hearts” marks the conclusion of In The Valley Below’s major North American tour supporting legendary electronic pop pioneers Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark.
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MORE ABOUT IN THE VALLEY BELOW
Founded in 2011, In The Valley Below made their full-length debut with 2014’s critically acclaimed The Belt, highlighted by the worldwide hit single, “Peaches”. The track reached the top 20 on Billboard’s “Alternative Songs” chart, prompting high profile TV performances on CBS’ The Late Show With David Letterman and TBS’ Conan.
After three years on the road – including headline tours, festival sets at such global events as Reading/Leeds, Austin City Limits Music Festival, Pukkelpop, and Rock En Seine, and support runs alongside Cold War Kids, Tricky, and Albert Hammond Jr, to name but a few – Mendel and Mattson relocated from Los Angeles to Grand Rapids, MI, where they built a full studio in a 100-year-old house.
There they crafted their groundbreaking sophomore LP, The Pink Chateau, joined by a feature length erotique film hailed by Brooklyn Vegan as “a dreamlike diorama of interconnected musical vignettes inspired by vintage French erotica and the faded colors of 1970s films.” A multi-media tour followed which saw In The Valley Below presenting The Pink Chateau in cinemas across America, accompanying their film by performing its score live over wireless headphones
TOUR DATES
Oct 6 - Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre
Oct 8 - Colorado Springs, CO - The Black Sheep
Oct 9 - Omaha, NE - Waiting Room
Oct 11 - Des Moines, IA - Wooly’sOct 12 - Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre
Oct 13 - Cincinnati, OH - Bogarts
Oct 14 - Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue