Vive La Void As Vive la Void, Sanae Yamada emerges from Moon Duo’s copious fuzz-drenched blastoffs like a floating space capsule. Inspired by the constant going and froing of tour life, Yamada’s glassy atmospherics and synth-based dreamscapes evoke a captivating numbness. Teetering right on the tipping point between creation and destruction, Vive la Void offers a cosmic tapestry of sheer wonder and meditation.
Valley Maker
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Seattle-based singersongwriter Austin Crane (aka Valley Maker) has one of the most remarkable voices in contemporary pop music. Accompanied by heartfelt, wistful acoustic guitar arrangements, Valley Maker sings about the concept of movement on his latest album ‘Rhododendron’. As a musician and a PhD student in Human Geography, he reflects both the rootedness and rootlessness that shapes Valley Maker’s songwriting on the precipice of his third decade; resulting in trail of mystical folk songs.
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