"Fair" by Brooklyn based Valentin Marx strips away your real world

AP Track Review

Fair by Valentin Marx starts stripping away your real world right away and you get pulled into some other place and maybe some other time. Maybe it is the pearly guitar lines that play in your left ear or the vocal performance that feels passionate and free. When the drum beat burrows in and the jammy bass manipulates your emotions, you might feel like you are rising off the ground. I am shocked and dismayed sometimes when I look at the most popular pop music and how flat and simple the music is. Valentin Marx while still pushing purely indie pop sounds does so with complex, tightly would compositions. That is so nice to hear an indie pop band (there are many) whose musicality is up there. Some level of complexity is not the end all in songwriting but it is nice when intricate patterns work to further the emotion and movement of musical art. 

Valentin Marx are based out of Brooklyn, New York.

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Robb Donker


THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:

Valentin Marx is an indie rock band hailing from Brooklyn, NY. Originally formed in 2012, they have reemerged with a lineup change and a brand new album, "Slow Down Vision Zero". The band is uniquely defined by their sound, which is both familiar to the ear in the classic indie rock genre but more dynamic in scope. What sets the band apart is their wholly collaborative approach to songwriting and recording. Utilizing the skills and life experience of all three members renders music that is both fully formed and universally appealing. It’s with this unified vigor that the band’s music continues to grow and evolve.