Deap Vally: these girls are on fire

Correspondent (Music)

 

Thanks to popular music television shows like America’s Got Talent or the X-Factor, young and promising musicians can display their talent to get closer to their dream of superstardom. Despite these programmes, it looks like you can meet your musical soulmate in the most mundane places, right from your local supermarket to your weekly needlework class. And this is exactly what happened to Deap Vally.

While they have been united by a shared interest of crochet and needlework, this rock band from San Fernando Valley, California has shown a greater love for music than for crochet. From 2011 onwards, former member of The Pity Party, Julie Edwards and solo artist Lindsey Troy now are more than ever bonded over their love for rock and blues.

A few months after their encounter, they recorded their very first track  ’Gonna Make My Own Money‘ that was released by Ark Recordings and quickly became known as “a scuzzy White Stripes-meets Led Zeppelin rock and roll duo”.  With their new found fame, Deap Vally shared the same scene as The Vaccines and Muse. They also became increasingly  popular at several international musical festivals.

Their first album, Sistrionix, was released last month and offers raw and fat sound covered by the voice of Lindsey Troy. The warm welcome addressed to this album is mainly due to the effective and heavy riffs which can be heard in songs such as End of the World or Bad for my Body. This album  introduces Deap Vally as two bombs with bad manners and the bad-ass attitude required to play a blues-rock as Hole and the White Stripes do.

Behind their glamorous and feminine dress code, it can be difficult to imagine such ferocity, not to pretend or imitate, can be offered by Deap Vally. Indeed, not only does this duo owe their success to an seductive appearance but also to the lead singer Lindsey Troy’s voice very close to a young and blonde Robert Plant.

In addition, the comparison made between the band’s drummer Julie Edwards and Med White thanks to her smashing drums beats certainly stands for a significant argument to highlight Deap Vally’s potential as a wild and promising upcoming rock band to be closely followed.

 

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