As we mentioned previously in our rundown of The Most Brilliantly Hilarious Band Names On Triple J Unearthed, if there’s one thing that makes international bands and artists envious of our sunburnt land, it’s Triple J.
One of the things we’ve noticed when we speak to international musicians is the reverence with which they speak about our national youth broadcaster, precisely because it’s such a unique part of our local music industry.
Most other countries don’t have a national youth broadcaster committed to playing local, independent music and supporting up-and-coming artists, and most other countries certainly don’t have a resource like Triple J Unearthed.
Triple J Unearthed does a good job of narrowing the playing field for our local artists. Instead of trying to have your voice heard on global platforms like SoundCloud and Bandcamp, you’re part of a local community of fellow artists.
But the journey of a band from Unearthed to bigger and better things, like say, performing at Splendour In The Grass, is not exactly clear cut and different for each band. We were recently given a case study in the form of Vallis Alps.
The Canberra electronic duo, who recently announced a new round of shows in Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne this October (see below), recently completed their debut festival performance at Splendour to a rave reception from the crowd.
The Splendour appearance was among the duo’s first handful of live performances, which also included two sold-out shows supporting Of Monsters And Men and Splendour’s Official Byron Bay Pre-Party alongside Flight Facilities, Elliphant, and Tkay Maidza.
To celebrate the announcement of their new tour, which will mark the pair’s last headline shows before they return to write their highly anticipated sophomore release due in 2016, Vallis Alps have unveiled a special mini-documentary.
The mini-doco covers the band’s unique beginnings, their transcontinental development, and last month’s intense period of pre-show preparation, chronicling an Australian band as they make the move from Unearthed to Splendour and beyond.
Vallis Alps National Tour Dates
Thursday, 1st October 2015
Oxford Art Factory, Sydney
Thursday, 8th October 2015
The Brightside, Brisbane
Saturday, 10th October 2015
Northcote Social Club, Melbourne
