Ben Vallee

Bringing a rumbling pace and a rascal-infused energy to the unchanging forces of time, connecting melancholia with the uproar of honky-tonk spirit, barrelling through the tough stuff, he found his authentic voice — breaking out of limiting and archetypal country themes to show his bashful honesty in a poetic lyricism. His trusted drawl leads us through layered sound and into a personal kinship. The instrumentation sets the vigour and excitement, while the narrator stalls to try and think. The clash or coming together of ethos creates an alternate time frame, where we can repent and relent on something but only if we keep shuffling inside the rough-and-tumble. There’s really no use in sitting around.