Name: In Era
Brand: Vallens

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

LP-HDD-080

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Colour

silver

Colour details

Silver Vinyl

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Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2021-05-14

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Redeye

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

623339255813

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1 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / silver

Artist

Vallens

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Hand Drawn Dracula

On ​In Era​, the 2nd full-length LP from Vallens, vocalist, guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter Robyn Phillips and the stable Vallens core of bassist/multi-instrumentalist Devon Henderson and drummer Colin J. Morgan are growing more confidently defined, if tantalizingly and willfully indistinct. In Era​ is a patient, sculpted piece of work that’s been obsessively “lived with” and labored over by Vallens. But it’s also much less of a “guitar-band” record than you’d anticipate from an ensemble that established itself as fairly proficient with pedals and feedback and the like on 2016’s ​Consent​ LP and 2018’s follow-up EP ​Dimmed In My Display​. This is a slow burn, pushing Phillips’ primary instrument– her voice – and keyboards and electronics to the forefront to establish a mood Phillips describes as “nocturnal and austere-yet-deprived” and evocative of a “romantic, coquettish letter to the Void” for the duration.

The first single “If I Don’t” expertly aligns the Vallens you already know with the Vallens of the future, that perhaps most perfectly captures this moment in the band’s evolution. In Era​ is a transitional album for a band that’s established quite quickly that it intends to remain in transition indefinitely. And, due to current global circumstances during the COVID-19 era, its haunted “Alright, what’s next?” thematic content has wound up becoming oddly prescient.

In Era

Music US