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SKY VALLEY MISTRESS
WHO ARE YOU?
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Russell "Russell" Russell.
WHAT DO YOU DO?
Bassist in Sky Valley Mistress.
WHY DO YOU DO IT?
I accidentally ended up playing bass in Sky Valley Mistress. I come from a long line of engineers and was unemployed a few years back. One day I was watching TV and saw an advert for an engineer position at a local factory called Grind My Gears. I turned up and there was a band practicing there who had no bass player. I got up and sang all the bass notes for a full practice and that was enough to get me in the band. The next day I had to go out and buy a bass to go out to the desert and record our debut album at Rancho de la Luna and now I'm here.
WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW?
In my world right now I'm pretty pissed about everything that's going on but we're all in this together working through it. It's making us adapt and write in new ways. After working on releasing our album, Faithless Rituals a bit of time apart ain't gonna kill us either!.
WHAT'S THE HOT TOPIC?
Obviously the hot topic right now is the big ol' virus that's killing huge amounts of people. To me it's bad 'cause we can't play gigs or practice or record properly. I'm going to work, to go home, to go back to work y'know but like I've said it's filling everyone with a sense of solidarity 'cause this isn't singling out individuals. We've all got to work through it and come out the other side! The hot topic in music right now and has been for the past few years is politics and how our country is run - sorry, controlled - by people who do not care about our wellbeing and do not help anyone but the rich but beating this virus is more important than thinking about that right now, I suppose. Our album came out just as the UK lockdown came into place which meant postponing shows but it felt like a weirdly appropriate time to bring out a record with a board game in the gatefold!.
