{"id":6676,"date":"2013-04-09T20:37:41","date_gmt":"2013-04-10T00:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=6676"},"modified":"2015-10-20T14:53:10","modified_gmt":"2015-10-20T18:53:10","slug":"valleys-reveal-second-single-from-upcoming-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=6676","title":{"rendered":"Valleys reveal second single &#8216;Hounds&#8217; from upcoming album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Montreal duo\u00a0Valleys\u00a0revealed the second single, <em>Hounds<\/em>, which is lifted their upcoming album, &#8216;Are You Going To Stand There And Talk Weird All Night?<i>&#8216;<\/i>. The digital single features a remix by WMX and is available today via\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?e=001GFlExJM1fRYJmjCKcNb8mVFGoGBDoCVNBPzZB8Pap39EyNBtGaXktVjLIFlqolT9w0ndB99I5NxGTWk9p92k2zBGWVX-ZXVuxrgp0beT1atO7MFRQQbLqYwtN1YCV3Md8uAKURzI5MUPnpiVAF4SqjpmKlgPUNp7PYhwzYTb-7o=\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\">iTunes<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/5csFtGjoBCI0gre9R9phIU\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\">Spotify<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the haunting and beautiful <em>Hounds<\/em> below via Soundcloud.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"81\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F71983562&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=false&show_comments=false&show_user=false&show_reposts=false&color=9d9a98\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Hounds.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6678 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Hounds.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"Valleys Hounds cover\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Hounds.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Hounds.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Hounds.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Of <em>Hounds<\/em>, Tille Perks\u00a0says,<em> &#8220;The song is loosely based on an &#8216;I Ching&#8217; reading I threw after some of my friends and family members died in unrelated accidents around the same time. Though I asked about something frivolous, the response I got was: You are drowning. But don&#8217;t despair; there are more important things than life.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>&#8216;<\/i>Are You Going To Stand There And Talk Weird All Night?<i>&#8216;<\/i>\u00a0will arrive in stores April 30 via Kanine Records. Recorded and co-produced by Valleys with Alec &#8220;Orson Presence&#8221; Dippie, of the legendary British post-punk group The Monochrome Set.<\/p>\n<p>Valleys have been previewing songs off the new album\u00a0on the road the past month including performances at the SXSW Music Conference, Canadian Music Week, supporting Fol Chen and upcoming dates with Suuns and Besnard Lakes &#8211; see a list of full dates below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tour dates:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>04\/09 &#8211; Boston, MA @ Great Scott #<br \/>\n04\/10 &#8211; Brooklyn, NY @ Union Pool (Kanine Records 10 Anniversary Party)<br \/>\n04\/11 &#8211;\u00a0Hamilton, ON @ Casbah %<br \/>\n04\/12 &#8211;\u00a0Kingston, ON @ The Grad Club %<br \/>\n04\/13 &#8211;\u00a0Ottawa, ON @ Ritual %<br \/>\n04\/26 &#8211;\u00a0Buffalo, NY @ Tralf<br \/>\n04\/27 &#8211;\u00a0Pittsburgh, PA @ 6119<br \/>\n04\/28 &#8211; Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle w\/ Barren Girls<br \/>\n04\/29 &#8211; Cleveland, OH @ Now That&#8217;s Class Lounge<br \/>\n04\/30 &#8211; Detroit, MI @ Garden Bowl<br \/>\n05\/01 &#8211; Toledo, OH @ Mickey Finn&#8217;s Pub<br \/>\n05\/03 &#8211; New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom ^<br \/>\n05\/04 &#8211; Cambridge, MA @ Middle East ^<br \/>\n05\/25 &#8211;\u00a0Montreal, QC @ Kath &amp; Kim<\/p>\n<p># w\/ Fol Chen<br \/>\n% w\/ Suuns<br \/>\n^ w\/ Besnard Lakes<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Valleys, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/valleysvalleysvalleys\" target=\"_blank\">facebook.com\/valleysvalleysvalleys<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Montreal duo\u00a0Valleys\u00a0revealed the second single, Hounds, which is lifted their upcoming album, &#8216;Are You Going To Stand There And Talk Weird All Night?&#8216;. 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