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Ville Valo

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Neon Noir - Clear Vinyl

VILLE VALO Neon Noir (2023 UK/EU limited edition 12-track double album LP pressed on 180-gram Clear Vinyl, the debut studio album by former HIM frontman Ville Valo; including the singles Run Away From The Sun, Loveletting, Echolocate Your Love, The Foreverlost and the title track. Housed in a monochrome gatefold picture sleeve, with hype sticker. The sleeve and vinyl both remain in Near Mint condition)

Price Info
$53.19, £39.99  
Product Availability Last copy in stock. Order now for shipping on Monday 12th May
Release Year 2023 - 2 years ago
Condition Unless stated otherwise in the description above, all items are in at least excellent condition - so please read our descriptions carefully. We try to sell items as close to Mint condition as possible, and many will indeed be close to brand new and/or unplayed. Others may be 'used' - and all will meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed.
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Format 2-LP vinyl record set (Double LP Album)
Record Label Heartagram
Complete Stock List Go to Ville Valo
Product Catalogue No 4573748
Music Genre Male Solo, Rock, Heavy Metal
Country Comes from UK Comes from 'UK'
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Tracklisting & More Information

'In the annals of 21st century alternative rock history there are few artists who cast a longer or more peculiar shadow than Finnish Love Metal pioneer Ville Valo. After all, his band HIM were easily among the most iconic and idiosyncratic groups of the millenium. Zealously revered, gleefully reviled but impossible to ignore, their music left an indelible mark on a worldwide legion of fans. The scarlet letters stood for His Infernal Majesty. Their founder stood for something delightedly out of step with the status quo.

"We only hoped to temporarily redirect hard rock's blood flow from the nether regions towards the heart", reminisces Ville Valo, the singer, songwriter and primus motor of HIM. Judging by the monolithic presence of the Heartagram in any account of music this side of the millennium it’s apparent that he succeeded.

Inspired by everyone from Poe to Bukowski and tinged by a penchant for perfumed Sabbathian gloom, Valo’s creative lovechild would produce eight era-defining studio releases and over ten million record sales, not forgetting a Grammy nomination, countless magazine covers, critical acclaim, and the veneration of a generation. Thus, it came as no surprise that the news of a farewell tour in 2017 was greeted with shock and disbelief among devotees and endless speculation as to what or who was to take up the velvet mantle.

“As fun as the funeral rites for HIM were, it took me more than a few moons to lick my wounds in the shadow of the Heartagram and come up with an excuse to strum and hum again. Eventually, I decided to put a leash on my beloved black dog and we started howling together instead of barking at each other. That's how Loveletting was born".

Loveletting, the first single off VV's debut album Neon Noir, suggests this new infernal mix of light and shade is nothing short of a landmark release from one of modern music’s most distinctive and intriguing voices. It belongs to the same forlorn world of woe and whimsy once conceived and governed by Valo in HIM, but with the nuanced notes of a fine aged Cabernet. "Artistically speaking the main difference between HIM and VV is the extra line in the Heartagram, but what an exquisite line it is! It’s the Mamas and the Papas dressed up as Metallica on their way to a Halloween bash at the Studio 54, and now who wouldn't want to witness that?"


Side 1:
A1. Echolocate Your Love
A2. Run Away From The Sun
A3. Neon Noir
A4. Loveletting

Side 2:
B1. The Foreverlost
B2. Baby Lacrimarium
B3. Salute The Sanguine
B4. In Trenodia

Side 3:
C1. Heartful Of Ghost
C2. Saturnine Saturnalia

Side 4:
D1. Zener Solitaire
D2. Vertigo Eyes

DOUBLE LP  
Recording Artist Ville Valo
Product Title Neon Noir - Clear Vinyl
Product Information Ville Valo Neon Noir - Clear Vinyl UK 2-LP vinyl record set (Double LP Album).
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
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Artists Related To Daniel Lioneye, H.i.m (His Infernal Majesty)
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