Valley of the Sun Sign to Ripple Music
Cincinnati heavy rockers Valley of the Sun have signed to Ripple Music. The band, who are also newly announced as openers for Clutch‘s New Year’s Eve show, released their most recent album, Old Gods (review here), in 2019 through the Truckfighters-helmed Fuzzorama Records, and it seems that label will have a hand in the band’s next offering as well. The more (distribution), the merrier (will be listeners who don’t have to pay crazy international shipping rates).
Valley of the Sun‘s breakout second EP, The Sayings of the Seers (review here, discussed here), turned 10 this year, and an anniversary reissue doesn’t seem beyond the realm of possibility, coupled either with Two Thousand Ten from the year before or whatever other early demos, etc., the band invariably has hanging around. But old material aside, new would also certainly be welcome, if they’ve got a new record in the works for sometime in 2022 with perhaps an eye toward returning to touring either domestically or abroad as they have on multiple occasions.
Whatever comes next, it’s good to know there are plans being put in place. Like Fuzzorama, Ripple is an excellent fit for Valley of the Sun, and if it gets their music into more ears, that’s a win.
The label and band were pretty aligned in their social media messaging:
From Ripple Music:
Waveriders!! Huge news to end the year.
In conjunction with Fuzzorama Records, Please welcome to the Ripple family, Ohio rockers Valley of the Sun!
And for the first order of business, be sure to catch them as they open for Clutch in Cincinnati on New Years Eve!!!
From Valley of the Sun:
Lots of great news today! We’ve just joined the Ripple Music family! We’ll be releasing our next album jointly with them and Fuzzorama Records !!!
JUST ANNOUNCED! We’re opening for Clutch and Stöner at the ICON Center in Cincinnati on NEW YEAR’S EVE!!!
VALLEY OF THE SUN are:
Ryan Ferrier – Guitar/Vocals
Lex Vegas – Drums
Chris Sweeney – Bass, Keys
Josh Pilot – Guitar
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http://valleyofthesun.bandcamp.com/
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https://www.instagram.com/ripplemusic/
https://ripplemusic.bandcamp.com/
http://www.ripple-music.com/
http://www.fuzzoramarecords.com/
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