Founded in 2011, In The Valley Below made their full-length debut with 2014’s critically
acclaimed The Belt, highlighted by the worldwide hit single, “Peaches.” The track reached the
top 20 on Billboard’s “Alternative Songs” chart, prompting high profile TV performances on CBS’
The Late Show With David Letterman and TBS’ Conan. After three years on the road – including
headline tours, festival sets at such global events as Reading/Leeds, Austin City Limits Music
Festival, Pukkelpop, and Rock En Seine, and support runs alongside Cold War Kids, Tricky, and
Albert Hammond Jr., to name but a few – Mendel and Mattson relocated from Los Angeles
to Grand Rapids, MI, where they built a full studio in a 100-year-old house. There they crafted
their groundbreaking sophomore LP, The Pink Chateau, released on Bright Antenna Records in
2019 joined by a feature length erotique film hailed by Brooklyn Vegan as “a dreamlike diorama
of interconnected musical vignettes inspired by vintage French erotica and the faded colors of
1970s films.” A multi-media tour followed which saw In The Valley Below presenting The Pink
Chateau in cinemas across America, accompanying their film by performing its score live over
wireless headphones.