NOTHING VALLEY

Limited edition orange colored vinyl LP pressing Melkbelly, formed by vets of ChicagoAEs experimental and DIY scene champions, organized noise and thoughtful freneticism on its debut full-length, Nothing Valley, fusing dreamy vocal lines and cantankerous guitar racket. Its songs clang and bang in stripped-down production that highlights the bandAEs sharp edges; multi-faceted slabs of sound serve harmonious, immediate songs. So it shouldnAEt be a surprise that the band membersAE tastes run obscureuThe Hecks, Lightning Bolt, and jazz drummer Paal Nilssen-Love and, as they tell us, obands and musicians that draw on a sense of adventure.o The quartetAEs membership overlaps with several Chicago noise and experimental bands and art collectives. Nothing Valley was recorded in early 2016 in VettrainoAEs basement studio to 8-track analog tape. Fresh off a West Coast tour, the band let the hours on the road and missed art tourism opportunities at Spiral Jetty shape the songs as well as the recording process itself, writing half the album material in the studio. Nothing Valley breezes gust fresh and forcefully.'