Dorothy Vallens

British Psych Outfit DOROTHY VALLENS Calls It A Day With One More Chilling Album…

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Daily fuel to load your sonic batteries…

British DIY psych outfit DOROTHY VALLENS, the vehicle of singer/songwriter Joe Rosam
calls it a day after releasing several sound-exploring albums since 2014. They produced some pretty amazing stuff, but I guess musicians know when it’s time to move. I’m not gonna write a sort of in memoriam, because I’m terrible at it, and also, I didn’t know DV that well. Just this one thing: their final effort, called IN THE OH SO DREARY EVER-LONG, containing some notable new tracks and a couple of older ones (including the extravagant 25-minute odyssey called The Existentialist’s Persian Rug Mantra), sounds like a fitting tribute to their own true soul. Good luck, guys!

Here’s the chilling farewell…

DOROTHY VALLENS: Facebook

Five New MUST-HEAR Longplayers Selected By TURN UP THE VOLUME!

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New longplayers that will have an impact on your ears and your speakers…

1. ‘Laurent’ by IT IT ANITA (Luik, Belgium)
Candidate for album of the year! Belgian noiseniks’ new kick out the jams LP is a knockout from start to finish. They impress heavily while challenging the boundaries of noise rock.

Stream/purchase here…
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2. ‘Dead Styles’ by THE STREETS ON FIRE (Chicago, Illinois, US)
The Streets On Fire are back with a Saturday Night Fever soundtrack for all mavericks out there. Haunting post-punk firework with Suicide and NIN echoes. Psych-o-delic wizardry!

Stream/purchase here…


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3. ‘THE MFDV’by MORNINGFACE & DOROTHY VALLENS (US/UK)
Two hallucinatory trips by experimental minds Dorothy Vallens. Five blue-sky meditations designed by Morningface and two astonishing jams as the kaleidoscopic result of their combined forces. The final result is a stream of psychedelic extravaganza to get lost in.

Stream/purchase here…


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4. ‘Telcel’ by SECRET MUTILATOR (Los Angeles, California, US)
Chrashing debut album by stripped down electro-punk outfit out of sunny L.A. Expect reverberating synth drones and pitch black electronics. I’m sure David Lynch is a fan!

Stream/purchase here…


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5. ‘exhalants’ by EXHALANTS (Austin, Texas)
Noise for the wicked. Punk havoc for the misfits. Sonic exorcism for the sinners. Clamorous hullabaloo for the outcasts. Screams from hell. LOUD LOUD LOUD!

Stream/purchase here…


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Psychedelic Extravaganza With DOROTHY VALLENS And MORNINGFACE On New Album ‘THE MFDV’…

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Brand new sonic impulses…

4 August 2018

Spiritual Portland daydreamer Kate Hummel aka MORNINGFACE and DOROTHY VALLENS, British band led by London psych addict Joe Rosam, joined hands, spirits, visions and songs for brand new longplayer THE MFDV. Two astonishing jams are the kaleidoscopic result of their combined forces, two hallucinatory trips are conceived in the experimental minds of Dorothy Vallens and five blue-sky meditations are designed by Morningface (one featuring Black Sand and one featuring League Of Sonic Discovery)

It all starts with an intoxicating, 25-minute (yes, twenty-five) Velvet Underground cruise by
Dorothy Vallens. An extended psych experience that will impress your auditory universe. The following two tracks are the joint ones. Two riveting performances bringing legendary noise wizards Spacemen 3 back to live. Afterward Morningface starts her mesmeric journey with the multi-layered distortion of the brilliantly titled ‘Sharpening Knives In Heaven’ and continues with her acoustically colored musings. Her intrinsically heartfelt reflections fit this LP’s full sonic picture perfectly. Dorothy Vallens closes the roller coaster extravaganza
with a wayward groove, notable for its Ray Manzarek like keyboard play. All striking stuff!

Open your ears, mind and soul for this
psychedelic extravaganza and drift away…


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MORNINGFACE: Facebook – Bandcamp
DOROTHY VALLENS: Facebook – Bandcamp


Partners in mind-boggling crime: Kate Hummel and Joe Rosam…