GUY VALARINO - COFFEE HOUSE SESSIONS - WEDNESDAY 10TH FEBRUARY - 6.00pm - 6.30pm (Library Bar)

Since then, he’s toured the UK, Europe, played in

the USA, and moved to London. Guy’s biggest

billing yet saw him on 2015's Gibraltar Music

Festival’s main stage where he shared line-up

posters with James Bay, Duran Duran, Rae Morris

and more, with the previous years seeing him work with Emeli Sandé, supporting The Wailers,

J Gusto, and more besides.

Guy Valarino released his his long-awaited second EP ‘Oceans’ on the 20th Nov 2015, a fivetrack

release which was supported by an oversubscribed Pledge Music campaign, and an

exclusive stream by Gibraltarian broadband provider U-mee. The title track/lead single, Guy’s

most indie-folk influenced and urgent yet, was released on the same day.

In ‘Oceans’, gentle rhythms melt under his acoustic pop tones, and that distinctive yet classic

vocal remains throughout. ‘Nargis’ and ‘Woolfe’s Beach’ however, see the pace change and

Valarino flit between indie folk and dynamic rock. It’s breezy, mature, heat-rending, and

overwhelming all at once.

2008's ‘Sleeping On A Couch’ EP was brought together by a mix of romanticism and reality,

which most of all reflects everything from Guy’s lyrical content to the way he lives, breathes

and sweats music.

Taking his acoustic pop rock to the cosy living rooms of his fans throughout the globe via his

2013 Couchsurf Tour, Guy found both comfort and inspiration for the material that found its

way onto the ‘Oceans’ recordings as he toured the UK, Germany, Austria, Italy, and France, as

well as the USA. Gigs were organised by Twitter and Facebook messages, clandestine

crowdsourced last-minute shows were peppered between official dates as Valarino played his

way around the world to reach his as much of his far-flung fanbase as physically possible.

Guy is keen to maintain the hands-on approach to his work, putting together picture books

for Pledgers with handwritten notes and Polaroid thank-yous.

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