It's very possible that by this time next year, I'll groan at the thought of having mentioned Valora a year prior.
I mean no disrespect ... the few songs available now from Valora sound pretty good, especially the new song "Live". Comparisons to Paramore are inevitable, because lead singer Syd Duran does sound quite a bit like Hayley Williams ... but the music is heavier. Not hard rock like Halestorm ... it's still leans more toward the pop side of things, but with more of an epic feel ... some would call it a sense of self-importance, or theatrical, but whatever it is, it's working for Syd and Valora at the moment.
Here's the video for "Live", which is the band's current single ... and part 1 of the graphic novel series that follows our heroine Valora as she carries her secret through the ages (did I say sense of self-importance?) ...
Follow the story at http://www.valoraofficial.com.
Valora has had a couple of other songs featured on movie soundtracks. "Extreme" was on "Almost Alice", the soundtrack inspired by the Tim Burton interpretation of "Alice in Wonderland", and "No Matter What" played during the credits of "The Last Song".
Interestingly enough ... Valora's recording deal is credited to the success of a self-made video that the band made 3 years ago for "I Waited For You".
Seems that their record company is in the process of deleting all known copies of this video, but this one's been up on YouTube for 3 years and has survived thus far:
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