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- Summary: The debut full-length release for the Chicago indie rock band was recorded in Dave Vettraino's basement studio on 8-track analog tape.
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- Record Label: Wax Nine Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Oct 18, 2017Cramming what should be an unworkable heap of concepts and sounds into a deliciously volatile 35 minutes, Nothing Valley is a bracing blend of scraping noise and tender melody, not unlike the recipe used by Speedy Ortiz.
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Oct 13, 2017With an infectious energy that shines through even the most plodding beats, the debut LP from Chicago’s Melkbelly is the kind of inspired noise-pop that similarly conquers 100 sound-alikes to lodge itself in the brain.
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Oct 12, 2017Nothing Valley is carefully orchestrated disarray, and it’s a hoot. Melkbelly have created a thrillingly unprocessed debut bursting with noisy imagination.
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Oct 12, 2017Much like Speedy Ortiz, Melkbelly have the good taste and even better talent to make the familiar sound fresh and fearsome.
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Oct 13, 2017On Nothing Valley--the first release from Wax Nine, a Carpark Records subsidiary launched by Speedy Ortiz bandleader Sadie Dupuis--Melkbelly reach their hands into pink slime and somehow pull out real nourishment, along the way finding square footing for a mutual next step.
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Nov 27, 2017Nothing Valley is an intense, hugely engaging listen.
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MagnetOct 17, 2017The single-minded pursuit of a sound that was fresh about the time that Melkbelly's members started kindergarten makes for an album that's competently executed but easy to forget. [No. 147, p.55]
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