{"id":21691,"date":"2016-05-18T19:30:53","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T23:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=21691"},"modified":"2016-05-18T15:52:11","modified_gmt":"2016-05-18T19:52:11","slug":"vallens-share-first-video-from-debut-album-for-track-karen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=21691","title":{"rendered":"Vallens share first video from debut album for track &#8216;Karen&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vallens have shared the first video for the track <em>Karen<\/em> that&#8217;s lifted from their debut album &#8216;Consent,&#8217; which will be out on June 24 via Hand Drawn Dracula. <em>Karen<\/em> is named after Karen Carpenter. Vallens wrote the song after witnessing friends and family with addictions, and how people with addictions are misunderstood. Vallens also explore how Karen Carpenter&#8217;s addiction was related to female specific issues that can trigger addiction. Musically, it feels like a downward spiral. We&#8217;re super loving this track and vid right now, and you should definitely check out the video via YouTube below.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7J7Y8SFH7c4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>More about Vallens?<\/strong> Robyn Phillips\u00a0spent her early years in Toronto playing lead guitar in several bands. With an experience of performing and writing in various genres, Robyn began working on material for her first solo project as VALLENS in the summer of 2014. Taking cues from everything from\u00a0Rowland S Howard to Portishead, the project began to take shape with a concept of &#8220;Vallens&#8221; as an alter-ego of Phillips. Soon after, Vallens began recording a full length record with friend\u00a0Jeff Berner\u00a0of\u00a0Psychic TV\u00a0at his now defunct studio Galuminum Foil in Brooklyn, followed by several months recording songs at\u00a0Candle Recording\u00a0with Josh Korody (Beliefs, Wish).<\/p>\n<p>The project debuted live in December of 2014\u00a0and quickly captured the attention of music critics, promoters, and the local music scene. Vallens has since been Invited to perform at\u00a0NXNE, POP Montreal, M for Montreal, and\u00a0CMJ, in addition to sharing the stage with\u00a0Frankie Cosmos, Freak Heat Waves, Porches, MOURN,\u00a0U.S Girls, A Place to Bury Strangers,\u00a0and\u00a0La Luz.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tour dates:<\/strong><br \/>\nJune 10 &#8211; Alphaville, Brooklyn NY (Northside Festival)<br \/>\nAugust 18 &#8211; Arboretum Festival, Ottawa ON<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Vallens have shared the first video for the track Karen that&#8217;s lifted from their debut album &#8216;Consent,&#8217; which will be out on June 24 via <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=21691\" title=\"Vallens share first video from debut album for track &#8216;Karen&#8217;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21693,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23,28,29,30,1907],"tags":[4699,550,4793,1245,2968],"class_list":["post-21691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie","category-music","category-music-video","category-new-release","category-news","tag-consent","tag-hand-drawn-dracula","tag-karen","tag-tour-dates","tag-vallens"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/1b86b356-b3df-4c88-9add-26c21fc5a4b6.jpg?fit=700%2C1024&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-5DR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22132,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=22132","url_meta":{"origin":21691,"position":0},"title":"Vallens share album stream for &#8216;Consent&#8217;","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"June 22, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Vallens have shared their debut album 'Consent,' which will be out June 24 via Hand Drawn Dracula. 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