Nature

Recorded at home over the course of a year, 'Nature' evolved as a collaboration between Honey Owens, Fauria, and drummer / bassist / keyboardist Mark Burden. The album finds the trio crafting enveloping layers of guitars, synthesizers, and reverb to create a shimmering, wide open sound. It's a restrained, direct style, but tying it all together is a lulling, dreamy melodic sense that is distinctively Valet. At the center stands Owens' ethereal voice, which has transitioned from evoking trippy fantasies to creating space for honest contemplation. Informed by Honey Owens early musical life in the 90s Bay Area underground music scene, 'Nature' slyly synthesizes the DIY spirit of punk, the expansive guitar whirl of shoegaze, and the propulsive rhythmic drive of dub. For Valet, Nature's sound is a change in style, but not substance. From the haunted blues of 2006's 'Blood is Clean' to the Fourth World free fusion of 2008's 'Naked Acid', Owens and company have always demonstrated a mastery of bringing together disparate musical genres into a unified musical whole.