Otitis Media has dropped the new album from instrumental supergroup Black Valley Moon. Songs From the Black Valley is the band’s newest LP, following up 2021’s The Baleful Sounds of Black Valley Moon. The group is a project of Down By Law‘s Sam Williams and drummer Dave Kamrath, and explores instrumental sounds of past and present but, if I had to land on a primary genre, I’d say surf rock.
Hit up the album below, and swing by Spotify to stream. If you’re interested in grabbing a copy, you can swing by Bandcamp for digital download, or the Otitis Media web store for colored vinyl.
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