Body: Anselm Dürrschmid / Florian Husbert Huber / Anatol Bogendorfer

Location: Harbour / Linz / Austria

Bio: Music fans / Played more than 300 shows all over Europe and in the USA as well as Russia and Latvia / Organised more than 300 shows for other bands / Influenced by American underground music

Description: Three upright musicians follow their way and their musical and political concepts unflustered by discussions about downloads, music-business crisis, emo-hypes, marketing strategies - and, most important, know how to write a way cool rock song...

Hot topic: Never costumed / Hardly ever disappointed / Often to meet at highway gas stations / Always polite / Enjoy good food

Credo: We will never jump collectively on a band pic, because it looks stupid

The Music: John Congleton (THE PAPER CHASE) wraps it all up:
"Tight song structures, rapid-fire drum attack, tumbling low end, aggressive guitar skronk and razor sharp lyrics; Valina has boiled these songs down to their essentials and produced their most concise statement to date. Every note on this new album is delivered with confidence and urgency. The band has refined its mission statement and creates an intriguing mix of rhythmic interplay counteracted by decisive melody."

Releases on Trost Records (full length):
2000 Into arsenal of codes (CD/LP)
2002 Vagabond (CD/LP)
2005 Epode (CD/12”)
2008 A tempo! A tempo! (CD/LP; US Release by Joyful Noise 2009)

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