{"id":23503,"date":"2016-09-22T18:15:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T22:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=23503"},"modified":"2017-07-08T08:44:01","modified_gmt":"2017-07-08T12:44:01","slug":"vallens-share-new-video-consent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=23503","title":{"rendered":"Vallens share new video &#8216;Consent&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-23504 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/248979cc4a7499e7f6c2ed818c7572c1.png?resize=640%2C374\" alt=\"Vallens Consent\" width=\"640\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/248979cc4a7499e7f6c2ed818c7572c1.png?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/248979cc4a7499e7f6c2ed818c7572c1.png?resize=300%2C175&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>Vallens\u00a0have shared video for the title track of their debut album. <em>Consent<\/em>\u00a0explores a myriad of women&#8217;s issues including sexual, physical, and communicative consent. You can watch 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\/Q0lylr8OHts?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>Robyn Phillips created Vallens in late 2014 to serve as her performance alter ego, secretly constructing her own world of music alone while playing guitar and gigging in various Toronto projects. The Vallens moniker allowed Robyn to introduce her own sound within the scene under the influence of namesake, David Lynch&#8217;s Dorothy Vallens.<\/p>\n<p>Conjuring the likes of Rowland S. Howard, Wire, Angelo Badalamenti and Portishead; Vallens&#8217; album &#8216;Consent&#8217; (out now via\u00a0Hand Drawn Dracula) was recorded and produced by Josh Korody (Beliefs, Nailbiter) at Candle Recording in Toronto, as well as with Jeff Berner (Psychic TV) at Galumium Foil in Brooklyn, NY. The themes on &#8216;Consent&#8217; evoke the tension and stratosphere of Robyn&#8217;s early years and what it means to be female in our society.<\/p>\n<p>In the past year, Vallens has expanded to a full band (Colin Morgan &#8211; drums, Marta Cikojevic &#8211; synth &amp; keyboards and Devon Henderson &#8211; bass) who have shaped and influenced Robyn&#8217;s further writing. The project debuted live in 2015 and quickly captured the attention of music critics, promoters, and the local music scene. Vallens has since been invited to perform at NXNE, POP Montreal, M for Montreal, and CMJ, as well they&#8217;ve shared the stage with Frankie Cosmos, Freak Heat Waves, Porches, MOURN, Ringo Deathstarr, U.S Girls, A Place to Bury Strangers, Speedy Ortiz, Dilly Dally and La Luz.<\/p>\n<p>Buy &#8216;Consent&#8217;\u00a0on limited blue vinyl + digital:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/maronmusic.us12.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=a1f7c01ff0c75c9522fc6fbbc&amp;id=d142ce162e&amp;e=ae84ad277d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">goo.gl\/V4kY7T<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Vallens\u00a0have shared video for the title track of their debut album. Consent\u00a0explores a myriad of women&#8217;s issues including sexual, physical, and communicative consent. You can <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=23503\" title=\"Vallens share new video &#8216;Consent&#8217;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23504,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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},"categories":[23,28,29,30,1907],"tags":[4699,550,2968],"class_list":["post-23503","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-vallens"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/248979cc4a7499e7f6c2ed818c7572c1.png?fit=640%2C374&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-675","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22132,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=22132","url_meta":{"origin":23503,"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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