Sasha Kaleidoscopia Vallely marks solo debut with ‘Sweet Little Boy’

?Midnight Larks’ singer and guitarist Sasha Kaleidoscopia Vallely is hard at work at the Living Room Studios, piecing together songs for her forthcoming solo EP. “Sweet Little Boy” is the first glimpse into what she has in the works — both the EP’s title and release date remain to be determined. In the meantime, “Sweet Little Boy” is an acoustic number, written as a lullaby for her 18 month-old son, Fox. “I wanted to write a song for him and show him how much I love him, and give him something that he could keep for generations, and pass it down,” Vallely says. “He calms down when I sing it to him.”
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?Over the years Vallely has bounced around the globe, spending time in her hometown of Birmingham in the U.K. before moving on to Brisbane and Melbourne, Australia, Los Angeles, Cali., and finally landing in Atlanta, Ga. Through it all she has performed on stages with dozens of acts including Spindrift and the Warlocks, and made guest appearances with the Brian Jonestown Massacre, Portishead, Massive Attack, Cat Power, the Black Angels, and dozens of other acts. But this current round of songs marks the first time she’s been at the helm of a completely solo endeavor. “It’s something that I’ve been thinking of doing for a while,” Vallely says. “I’ve played with and guested for so many people, and it’s been amazing, but I’ve never been in complete control over the songs that I am putting out artistically. It is nerve wracking that I’m baring my soul for everyone to see, but it’s also very liberating. The reaction from my friends and family that have heard the tune so far has been incredible, much more than anything else I have ever done.”
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?”Sweet Little Boy” is bit of a departure from the dark psychedelic rock that Vallely has turned out on stages more recently with Midnight Larks. The song takes shape as a deft collision of folk and pop tones that are both spare and subtle as they unfold under the inky blackness and swirling luminescence of co-director and editor Gretchen Wood and makeup artist Kellyn Willey’s visual accompaniment. Vallely wrote and performed all of the songs lyrics and arrangements, and Justin McNeight at Living Room plays some synth parts.
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?Keep an eye out for more of Vallely’s solo numbers to appear over the weeks and months to come.