Zodiac Death Valley

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ZODIAC DEATH VALLEY

"The best thing about the moody debut album from S.F. band Zodiac Death Valley is that it you can't pin it down. Its standout track, 'Cincy, OH,' is a piano crawl heavy on smoky atmosphere and bad feelings, like Tom Waits after a particularly rough night. Another highlight, 'Hail Hail December,' sounds like what would have happened if the Doors had come after '70s punk. Meanwhile, 'Look Alive' could be a B-side off the last Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds album. Considering the breadth and fire captured on the initial effort from these local boys, we're interested to see where they'll go." --SF Weekly

"Producing simultaneously moody and sexy psychedelic rock, the Bay Area based ZODIAC DEATH VALLEY might sound like KINGS OF LEON had they been raised by Satanists as opposed to a traveling preacher. and what a superb time to be labeled as such." --San Diego Tribune
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Mark Matos was raised in the large Portuguese immigrant communtiy in California's Bay Area and Central Valley, where his father and grandfather founded one of the Bay Area's first portuguese marching bands and were instrumental in bringing Portuguese Fado musicians to the Bay Area. Shortly after graduating high school, he hitchiked out of town and, inspired by the beat generation, spent the following decade on the road; washing dishes in Alaska, cold in Boston drunk tanks, amongst slack key players in Hawaii, and crashing countless couches in Seattle's Capital Hill. .... By 2003 he had settled in Tucson, AZ where he began playing as Campo Bravo amongst the likes of Howe Gelb, Andrew Jackson Jihad, and his long time collaborators, the Golden Boots. In the summer of 2006, while on tour in Wisconsin, doses of LSD were administered and he abruptly changed course, deciding to leave Tucson, disband Campo Bravo, and return to his native Bay Area. With the formation of Mark Matos & Os Beaches, Matos and band came to the attention of the San Francisco Chronicle ("exhilerating"), The Bay Guardian, and The Owl, which called the band "one of the highlights of Noise Pop", leading to the band signing with eclectic upstart, Porto Franco Records. The debut album was recorded at San Francisco's Closer Studio under the watchful eyes and ears of Eric Moffat (Mark Eitzel, The Dwarves) and features contributions from Matt Adams of the Blank Tapes, Dave Mihaly (recently seen backing Jolie Holland), Ben Reisdorph, Kacey Johansing and Tom Heyman (Court & Spark, Chuck Prophet).

"Offbeat mysticism, psychedelic meanderings, and earthy country soul, guided by the steady hand of a gifted and charismatic songwriter." --KQED
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We all live in a nest in Santa Barbara. We make music and we vibe hard on synths and nature.

"For their debut EP, Stories and Observations of Argus Madur, the S.B.-born six-piece aims high and achieves an eclectic offering of folksy pop, twee-tinged rock, and Balkan-infused waltzes." --Santa Barbara Independent