Kevin Bronson on July 7th, 2015

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The new single from indie-folk outfit Valley Shine is one of those timeless girl-leaves-boy stories. Except instead of being bitter, morose or vengeful, the jilted dude is … cheerful? “Sugar Dream” is almost too sweet to swallow, but credit the songwriting duo of Sam Sobelman and Jenna Blake for turning the notion of scorned love inside out and making it catchy right down to the last plink of the xylophone. The song, preceded by the equally sunny “Bop Bah,” is from the forthcoming EP, “LOCA.” Valley Shine got its start in early 2014 when Sobelman and Blake met and bonded over “whiskey, cats and bluegrass music.” They are now joined by Troy Lawton on drums, Danny Severance on violin, Myke Wilken on guitar and cello and Stewart James. “LOCA” is due out this fall.

||| Stream: “Sugar Dream” and “Bop Bah”

Photo by Wes Marsala