Space-power-pop rockers Sunset Valley are a band for the new millennium. They write infectious, crazy pop ditties, where the songs' ability to get stuck in your head is only the surface of their power. Ethereal and psychedelic, Sunset Valley’s sonic palette — keyboard washes, guitar jangle, and vocals that both sneer and recall the best of the lo-fi indie rock onslaught — keep the music buoyant above the receding floor of reality. Sunset Valley formed in Portland, Oregon in September of 1996; originally a trio comprising frontman Herman Jolly, guitarist Jonathan Drews and bassist Eric Furlong, the group later expanded to a five-piece with the additions of keyboardist Jeff Saltzman and ex-Heatmiser drummer Tony Lash.
"The band shimmers with the radiance of a distant mirage in the wild desert air - languid with a bit of twang like the great Giant Sand while pulsing with the mildly demented playfulness of Elf Power." (Rockpile)
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ex-EJ's bartender here..... whew! it's always such a breath of fresh air listening to ya'll... especially when i listen to my Boyscout Superhero cd... nostalgia is bliss.. best of luck
Really glad i found you guys while browsing around the Portland gentry. Looking from the outside in, it seems like the music scene over there is hot shit. I think ima relocate.
Heyy guys. Awesome music! Iv loved your stuff ever since I heard "wired nights" on barsuk treats. Anyways, come to that lovely place they call Scotland! Pleaaaase?
Gordon
Tomorrow evening . . . MusicFestNW will converge upon Dante's to see the baddest motherfucking band in the universe ROCK the planet! May the sun never set on you my brothas! Yeah!
