Hanging Valleys - Fortaleza EP (2018) EN

Before they started their own project, the duet Thom Byles and Michael Phillips worked in a recording studio as helping hands, sought adventures around the world and finally decided to make their music. Their project called Hanging Valleys is an atmospheric dream pop full of warm guitar haze and soft vocals, all of this is well audible on the new EP "Fortaleza".

Slow paced melodies and dreamy atmosphere, this is a perfect summary of their work. The album's ambiance is well expressed by the cover art - a small, cozy hut somewhere in the high mountains, surrounded by clouds, this is Byles and Phillips's project - we are aware that there is the world of music somewhere there but we feel good with the Englishmen's sounds. The album is opened by the essence of this atmosphere, a track entitled "Fundamentals".

Later it get more melodic, with the leading role of somewhat muffled guitar sounds that made me think of the music by Eric Howden a.k.a. Raised By Swans. Without leaving this atmosphere spectre, they are able to play livelier ("Arion") but also absolutely ambient-like ("Jaguar Tones"), but whatever they do, their music goes straight to this part of your brain that is responsible for awe.

"Fortaleza" costs 4 GBP.

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