It’s that time again! Hell yes it is! It’s that time of week in which we announce our Indie Band of the Week. This week, we selected a crazy awesome indie band called Death Valley High. With ambition and desire abundant, these guys take indie metal to another level. Their album, Doom, in Full Bloom has inspired a new subgenre of rock dubbed “Doom Pop”. Pioneering this sound, they are currently touring with a passion, kicking ass and taking names, as well as promoting the shit out of their latest and greatest, Positive Euth, releasing June 4th.
Read on as we picked the brains of Reyka, lead singer, for more information on this band we should definitely be keeping an eye open for! They are aptly and appropriately appointed RockRevolt Magazine’s Indie Band of the Week.
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How did you guys form?
    We’re all friends. We’ve had history playing out together in different bands, doing side projects, or just hanging out til deathly hours, emptying liquor cabinets and listening to records.
Nice! Being that your name is a derivative of the book series Sweet Valley High, were you avid readers girl’s coming of age books back in the late 80s, early 90s?
    No, just addicted to the twins on the TV show. It aired on Sunday mornings after Dragonball Z. It was a way of mixing Tales from the Darkside and Sweet Valley High. Maybe we should read the entire series for argument sake.
You’ve come up with your own genre of “Doom pop”. How did you get around to getting that?
    We were hanging out with Julie Christmas after a show and she blurted it out. We thought it was much better than “dancecore” – something we were called once. We’ve been noticing more and more bands using “Doom Pop”. I’d probably say that Tones on Tail was the first “doom pop” band. Whatever. It fits.
With your album Positive Euth coming out soon, do you find it different from your last album Doom, In Full Bloom?
    We pushed our broodier side more than we did on Doom, In Full Bloom. I think Positive Euth offers new, deeper shades of black.
Is there a particular theme/concept behind the album?
    With our last album, there were hints of surviving the end of the world. This album, we’ve lived past doomsday and there’s expressed tones of trimming the fat, severing old habits, killing fears and/or grudges, and rebuilding. A “Positive Euthanasia”!
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There seems to be a lot of influences involved in your style. What musical influences do you have?
    We love Post-Punk and New Wave as much as we do Hardcore EDM as much as we love Metal; so everything from Joy Division to Black Flag to Crystal Castles to Slayer.
If you could pick a song to be a single from the album, which song would it be and why?
    HOW2KILL would be our first choice. It encompasses everything about the record: melody, aggression, and edge.
You’ve recently just come off a tour, how did that go?
    It was our most successful to date! Not saying it didn’t have its ups and downs, but if it’s any indication of what’s in store, we’re in for some Seven Seas business.
What can we expect to see from you guys in the future?
    Pounding the pavement and getting ourselves in earshot of as many people possible, a new video, tours, maybe a festival show here or there, and a European tour.  Never stopping!Â
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