The follow-up to 2017 debut album FM-2030, will be out on April 26. Pre-order your copy here.
After touring throughout most of 2017 and 2018 with STRFKR, Cults, and Of Montreal, the band returned home and went straight into renowned Portland studio Jackpot to record VALIS.
Titled after the 1981 Philip K. Dick novel, VALIS is a cohesive collection of songs unified in sound and structure and supported by recurring lyrical themes. Reptaliens wanted to recreate the warmth of something personal and familiar, while also providing the listener with the room to create a unique and personal relationship with the music. This duality can be found in the constructs, themes, and imagery portrayed through vocalist and bassist Bambi’s lyrical concepts. Juxtaposed against the backdrop of friendly and lighthearted pop hooks and melodies, Bambi engages her audience through motifs of loneliness, longing, abduction, isolation, and change as well as love and personal connection.
Musically, VALIS remains consistent with Reptaliens’ sound: 80’s analog synthesizers, tape delay echos, and a dreamy blend of guitar lines which ebb and flow throughout Bambi’s melodies. The songs are phantasmagoric, recorded with their signature lo-fi simplistic production.
The band have also dropped the video for their catchy new single "Shuggie II", directed, edited and filmed by Cole Browning. Watch it below.
Valis Tracklist:
01. Sunrise, Sunset
02. Venetian Blinds
03. Shuggie I
04. Shuggie II
05. Baby Come Home
06. Changing
07. Echo Park
08. Give Me Your Love
09. Song for Moon
10. Wake Up
11. Sweet, Innocent You
12. Heather
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