BrooklynVegan:
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2009/10/valleys_mp3_pla.html

Anthem:
http://anthemmagazine.com/story/1647

HeroHill:
http://www.herohill.com/2009/08/reviews-valleys-sometimes-water-kills.htm

Textura:
http://textura.org/reviews/valleys.htm

"What seemed like an improvisational, spontaneous unfolding of creative ideas, sounds and unconventional methods of playing standard musical instruments was in fact Montreal's Valleys performance on Wednesday evening at Sala Rossa.

Vocals reminiscent of A Silver Mount Zion, on the fly instrument switching, a blend of acoustic guitars, casio keyboards, flugalhorn, samples & looping, noise, electric guitars drumming and wonderful harmonies. All good things coming from this local 4 peice."
(posted by SolarDog)

http://www.indyish.com/pop-montreal-review-valleys

Next stop was La Sala Rossa, an appropriately crimson bar and venue above a Spanish tapas restaurant. The big draw was Valleys (formerly There Were Valleys), a bedroom pop ensemble whose charmingly layered songs recalled the mellower side of the Califone / Modest Mouse collab, Ugly Casanova, mixed with a bit of Ida. They abided by the "everything-but-the-kitchen-sink" doctrine perfected by their Montreal forebearers, throwing in a French horn here, an xylophone there. (Another cherished Montreal habit: playing simple percussion while standing up. This never gets old.) Valleys is evidently releasing an album in early 2009—this interview sheds a bit of light on the band's future plans
(posted by Scott Indrisek)

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/archives/2008/10/pop_montreal_day_2_an_orgy_of_keytar.php

Ok, finally updating this blog.   Here  is the link to the Nightlife press release!  Thanks to the nice people at Nightlife.

From the Mirror in Oct.  "Away from the heard:  Unsung sounds you need to know about at Pop Montreal"

There Were Valleys: Soft, slow and troubled, this local unsigned duo conjures delicious melancholy with "synths, guitar and broken things," so they say, ie. ornamental glockenspiel, mournful strings and the Volvo station wagon they often call home. Colorado gal Tillie Perks and Québécois guy Marc St. Louis got together in 2005 and released their debut album, Night War, last year. Expect previews of their impending follow-up. (LC)

From Nightlife: "Avant scene 2008"
Valleys Anciennement «There Were Valleys»
L'écoute des maquettes du second album de ce trio, qui paraîtra au début 2008, ne nous a pas seulement permis de croire en l'avenir de l'indie-rock noir et langoureux à la Low, elle nous a aussi forcés à lui remettre la dernière bourse Pop NIGHTLIFE, attribuée au meilleur enregistrement artisanal local lors de la plus récente édition du festival Pop Montréal. (OL)

There Were Valleys were featured on NPR's Open Mic.
You can check it out here.

Thank you LC from the Mirror.

"[...] There Were Valleys, a local sextet who take their sweet time building beautiful tunes with guitars, synths and vocals, sometimes to devastating effect.  While "Renegade Daughters" could easily be a Bright Eyes song, other tracks venture into Luna's VU jams, Spiritualized's stacks of sound and Mazzy Star's ominous reveries.  Someone sign this band. 8/10"

We just made more copies of Night War. If you would like one, send us a message and we will figure out a way of getting it to you.
Also, we have a 5 song CD in the Distroboto at Pharmacie Esperanza ($2!). It contains 3 songs from the album and 2 songs from early 2005 which we recently uncovered.
We are currently in the process of completing a split 7" with our mates Freelove Fenner. More on that soon.