Jesse Rutherford of The Neighbourhood is now the frontman of a hardcore band called Valley Girl.
The singer, who also released Hip Hop-styled tracks under the name Jesse®, is now in a band with Colin Young of Twitching Tongues and God’s Hate…at least Colin did the drums for the demo.
Young’s brother, Taylor Young, produced the new demo from the band, and you can check out the full ten-minute offering below.
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Music News: New Hardcore Band Featuring Jesse Rutherford
The new band played their first-ever show this past Saturday at the Midnight Hour in San Fernando, CA, which was the record release for the new Cosmic Joke album.
Cosmic Joke’s (EXCELLENT) first LP was co-released by Triple B Records and Colin Young’s own label HardLore Records, which is an offshoot of the successful HardLore podcast.
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Valley Girl Live
It’s pretty clear that Jesse is a back fan of newer hardcore acts like Turnstile (shoutout to BrooklynVegan who clearly also made that distinction), but there’s also a ton of influence from Militarie Gun in there as well.
Does this mean that we’re going to start seeing even more ‘pop’ acts make their way into the hardcore scene? It’s certainly possible, and the sXe and hXe gatekeepers will be happy to be busy for the first time since the mid-90s.
You can check out the band’s first live show via the video below from 197 Media.
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