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Really like this cover of Shadows by The Midnight. Reminds me a lot of the Midwest Emo Resonance cover that blew up last year. We need more acoustic/rock-ish covers of synthwave music.

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Ignite New Video - Valeluna Release Official Music Video for "Evensong" Off of 'Affinity'

Ignite New Video – Valeluna Release Official Music Video for “Evensong” Off of ‘Affinity’

Texas Progressive Rock Band Valeluna has unveiled the Official Music Video for “Evensong,” off of their July 2016 full length release Affinity.

Since the band’s outset in February 2014, Valeluna has made their presence felt in the Houston music scene. Along with performing for Houston’s 94.5FM’sTexas Buzz, Valeluna would eventually…

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Valeluna “Evensong” Music Video Texas Progressive Rock Band Valeluna has release the Music Video for "Evensong" below. The song is off 'Affinity' album. (Amazon MP3/iTunes)

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Valeluna release "Evensong" music video

Texas prog-rock unit Valeluna recently premiered the official music video for their track “Evensong”. The group said of video and director Ben Chai: “We had met with Ben, the director for ‘Evensong’, about 4 months before actually filming to discuss plans and what our visions were for our music videos and right off the bat, it felt right. We wanted to hire someone that would work as hard filming…

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To ‘Affinity’ and Beyond with Valeluna

Not too long ago Texas’ own Valeluna celebrated two years together, and about a month before that they dropped their new album Affinity. Now they’re working on their fall plans which you’ll soon find out are a plenty, but first the guys talk being a rock band in a country world, the new record and much more. Read the rest at goldenmixtape.com...

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Valeluna music. In Your Absence

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The Underground Collective's Top 10 Albums of the Year: #10 Valeluna - In Your Absence

Release Date:August 25, 2014 Genre: Atmospheric/Alternative Rock Blending the soaring guitars of Post-Rock, the story telling and musicianship of Progressive Rock, and the accessibility of Alternative, Valeluna has produced one of the best albums of the year with their debut In Your Absence. The album tells a tragic tale whose details are up to the listener to interpret and it's told successfully with the use of sound effects and powerful lyrics. The emotional guitar solos and bass grooves are a highlight of the album and help to further the story within it. The album does however suffer from 'sandwich syndrome' where the first, middle, and last track are the best and most memorable of the album. Despite that fact this shows true potential for Vaeluna's future releases and is definitely a band to look out for in the future Best Tracks:  Intro, Turning Seasons, Epilogue: Between Earth Check out more from Valeluna below Bandcamp: https://valeluna.bandcamp.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ValelunaBand Website http://valeluna.com/

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Album Review: Valeluna - "In Your Absence" Written By: Joel Delfin

Concept albums, by definition, are musical and lyrical ideas that contribute to an overall theme or idea; a great example would be “The Wall” by Pink Floyd while a more modern example would be "The Suburbs" by Arcade Fire.  Local band Valeluna throws their hats into the ring with “In Your Absence”, their debut album. Since it has a very relaxed tone, your attention will not fade.

With over fifty three minutes and eleven tracks, “In Your Absence” is above average when it comes to run time. The album is split into three acts, each song adding to its overall tone and story. There are a couple of standout songs, “High in the Valley”, “October”, “In your Absence”, and “Epilogue: Between Us, Earth”. Unfortunately, the other songs seem a bit like filler. The songs each flow into each other creating the illusion of listening to one massive track, however, due to this there is no real “best song of the album” and it makes it feel like something is missing. Despite the flaws, there are many things I enjoyed from the album. The ending of “Intro” and the piano in “In your Absence” has a very classical yet modern feel. The ending of “Epilogue: Between Us, Earth” is especially stand out. It begins, like most songs on the album, very mellow but then picks up and goes into a harsher style with some very well done harsh vocals.

Photo courtesy of Tay Lee Phtotography. From left to right: Justin Allison, Aaron skipper, Ricky Ward, Ty McMahon

The story of the album, which the band insist is a listener’s interpretation, comes across without a hitch thanks to the synergy of the band and the details of album. I interpreted the story as one of love, losing it, and what can happen because of it.All the lyrics are clearly heard thanks to Justin Allison’s clean vocals and the rhythm section, composed of Aaron Skipper on the drums and Ricky Ward on bass. Ty McMahon does a great job on guitar, as evident in the final section of “Epilogue: Between Us, Earth”.

To recap, In Your Absence is a very good album with only a few minor hiccups. The faults are visible, but they find their ways to make up. Some songs do get muddled together but it is a good listen overall and should not take away from the whole experience. I was impressed by the harsher style used in “Epilogue: Between Us, Earth”, and would like to hear the band explore more of that style on their future releases. Rating: 3.5/5 ★★★ 1/2 

Pros

+ theAmbient Feel on most tracks

+  Good Production

+ Standout Tracks Are Really Great

Cons

- ­A Few Songs Get Mixed Together

- The good songs are good while the rest kind of lag behind  Check out more from Valeluna on their website and Facebook page: http://valeluna.com/ and https://www.facebook.com/ValelunaBand