VALLEY RE-RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM MAYBE ON VINYL FOR ITS 5-YEAR ANNIVERSARY ON CAPITOL RECORDS/UNIVERSAL MUSIC
ANNIVERSARY EDITION INCLUDES PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED DEMOS ON CLEAR VINYL
Valley have officially re-released their debut album MAYBE on vinyl marking its 5-year anniversary. This special edition comes as a double gatefold clear vinyl LP featuring new artwork and eight bonus tracks from the original pressing including two previously unreleased demos. The album is available now via Capitol Records / Universal Music Canada.
Karah James (drums, vocals) reflects on this milestone, saying:
“It’s been five years since MAYBE. This record changed our lives. We wrote and recorded it in Mickey’s parents’ basement in the suburbs of Toronto, with no idea what we were doing, but we longed to figure it out, to become experts at …whatever it was. But when it comes to creativity, being an expert isn’t the point.
MAYBE was an experiment, a discovery, a beginning. It was only after making three more bodies of work that we realized how important it is to approach art with a beginner’s mind. Being new at something can be frustrating; we all want to become masters right away. But there’s something powerful about letting go of what you know and creating like an amateur. The early stages of anything, raw, uncertain, and precious, can never be recreated. That’s why this album is so special to us.
Through MAYBE, we met so many of you. It took us around the world for the first time. We saw songs we wrote as teenagers and in our early 20s become symbols of growing up, songs about first love, the complexity of the world, life, death and everything in between. Over the past five years, we’ve realized how much this era of our band shaped the way we think about time, growth, and what it means to connect with others.
“MAYBE you’ve graduated school, started a new job, lost loved ones, or experienced countless other milestones with this album by your side. Whatever the last five years have looked like for you, if Valley was eve a small part of your journey, we’re honored.. Thank you for making us part of your life’s soundtrack.”
Valley are wrapping up the North American leg of their Water The Flowers, Pray For A Garden tour in Toronto on December 13th. They will be out opening for Arkells this week across parts of Ontario. In early 2025, Valley will embark upon their first EU/UK tour. See all dates HERE.
The band’s current single “Bass Player’s Brother” holds the #4 on the alternative radio chart in Canada, while the title track “Water The Flowers, Pray For A Garden” is being prominently featured in the #1 hit Netflix series Nobody Wants This.
SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: VALLEY – WATER THE FLOWERS, PRAY FOR A GARDEN
Valley
Maybe (5th Anniversary Vinyl Edition)
(Capitol Records/Universal Music)
Release Date: November 29, 2024
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Background Photo Credit: Becca Hamel
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