Here is a cute story for your weekend.
Earlier today, I posted a Story on Instagram encouraging my followers to check out the new album by a band called Fortitude Valley.
Well, fast forward a few hours and I got a sweet message from the band!
Read more below.
I can’t recall how I found out about Fortitude Valley.
Algorithms are funny business. The band might have been suggested to me because I love good music and they make spectacularly-good music. It might be because I am from Brisbane and so is front person Laura (now residing in the UK, as am I!). Fortitude Valley is also the name of a suburb in Brisbane, well known for alternative music, LGBTQ+ venues, and historically being a red light district. I made a nuisance of myself in Fortitude Valley as a teenager.
So however it happened, I’m just delighted it happened. Fortitude Valley the band is now part of my life.
Part of The Problem, Baby is a sensational collection of alternative power pop from this indie group. The songs are bursting with catchy melodies and deliciously-fuzzy guitars.
The band’s website states:
Fortitude Valley is the brainchild of Durham-based Australian Laura Kovic. Taking influence from the likes of The Beths, The Go-Go’s and Pavement, what results is a ludicrously addictive cocktail of heart-stopping indie-punk power-pop melody and a back catalogue of songs that’ll be living in your head, rent free, for evermore.
After a few spins of the recently-released album, I posted the aforementioned Instagram Story with a link to the band’s Spotify profile. Imagine my surprise when I got a message back from the band thanking me for my post AND letting me know that three of the band are vegan (and are fans of FGV).
They like what I do. I love their new album. It’s a match made in heaven. The irony that I had to travel thousands of kilometres away from Brisbane to fall in love with Fortitude Valley!
If you like fab music made by (some) vegans, start listening to Fortitude Valley.
The band has a UK tour coming up and I suggest you grab a few tickets online here.
Buy vinyl and read more about the band online. Follow Fortitude Valley on Instagram.
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