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Our songs are so full of shit.

Every one, a product of cramming thousands of feelings and moments into four minutes of sounds and words. Turning emotions into listenable pieces of music is a lot longer and harder process than it may appear, but you’ve all felt the same as me at some point and that thought keeps us going until 5am in the studio after working a 9-hour day at our jobs. Countless hours stretched over months that we spend obsessing over creating something that has no guarantee of being listened to or appreciated. Sometimes having a passion can feel more like a burden until you pursue something long enough to realize that you aren’t doing this only for yourself. Shortly after this realization, you find that the fuel for inspiration comes from within. Externally, we find it when we get to bring these songs to life again on stage, blasting them toward you at full volume.  Why does it feel so good? Because I can actually feel you listening. Because I know that you’re hearing something valuable. Something you can apply to your own life. Because we’ve all been there..

{{ The frustration of a mundane daily routine, the financial struggle that seems to thicken every year of your 20′s, the utter fear of falling into another soul-sucking relationship, noticing that there are walls around you that never used to exist, the first time that you allow yourself to be vulnerable again, those moments of rejection when you feel as if your stomach has swallowed your heart, the day you realize you’ve moved on, the pride of completing a journey that once seemed impossible, that night when all of your hard work comes together, the sheer perfection that a day spent in observation of the natural world provides, awakening gratitude for the genuine people in your life, the sympathy you begin to feel for humanity once you free your mind. }}

We’ve all felt it at some point in our lives and it all pours out when we get to play for you. And what is now just a lesson or memory revisited to me is exactly what somebody in the crowd needs to hear at that exact moment.

And what is more beautiful than that? Absolutely nothing, yo.

#WhyILoveWhatIDo

-Li // Valley Hush

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