Katy Chamis: Singer/Songwriter, Rhythm Guitar
Kelly Ferguson: Drums
Jack Cornell, Des White: Bass Guitar
Scott Olin, Dave Bartholomew, John Covach: Rhythm/Lead Guitar
Influences
Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Chrissie Hynde, Elvis Costello, Nirvana
Sounds Like
The Pretenders, Green Day, Concrete Blonde, Beethoven
Led by singer-songwriter Katy Chamis, Poor Valentino have been mainstays on the indie rock scene in Chapel Hill and Raleigh for several years. In the many positive reviews the band has received, writers have described Poor Valentino's music as sounding something like the Pretenders, Neil Young, or Concrete Blonde. Katy's songs are carefully crafted, with great attention paid to the message and mood of each one, and this is very much in the singer-songwriter writer mode. The band does more than just fill out the arrangement, however, and the tracks on the debut album are filled with catchy hooks and engaging instrumental ideas.
Their song, "Television," provides a colorful lyrical romp through a series of Nick at Night television references as the track drives ahead in a seemingly upbeat and happy way. But behind the clever cascade of small-screen references is a much more serious point about the sometimes insidious effects of TV, captured in the chorus's key line: "Television ate the family." This track provides just one example of how Poor Valentino's music is not only catchy, but also substantial enough to bear up under repeated listening
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