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ALBUM

Giant Yellow Eyes
Unkenny Valleys

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Artwork by Steve (The Vivid Expanse)
Release: June 16, 2023

GIANT YELLOW EYES is the debut album of the shoegaze, noise and pop music inspired singer, multi-instrumentalist and producer Kenneth Estrada y Santiago, who started Unkenny Valleys with the vision to combine dirty and uncanny guitar sounds with agitative beats and hook melodies.
 

Kenneth: "The process of writing and producing the album took more than 6 years. After touring Europe between 2007 and 2017 with different alternative rock formations in advance, I felt the urge to realize a sound that I always imagined in my head but couldn't communicate to other musicians. So, I decided to start as a solo act, producing the whole album on my own, always being open for interesting collaborations with musicians that I met on social media.

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The album deals with all my daydreaming and traumas from my childhood after my parents got divorced. It tells the story of beloved people in my life who lost the connection to themselves and reality. Just like I did. So, I'm not only telling my own story, but how my own life relates to the fears and mistakes of others. The psychologic aspects of the album creation taught me: It's all connected somehow. And it got me thinking a lot. What is it that we all fear? Let's take a look into these "giant yellow eyes" and confront ourselves with our own anxieties.

The cover artwork was made by Steve of The Vivid Expanse, an abstract artist from Australia, who loves listening to shoegaze music while painting with oil. I told him about my biggest nightmare as a kid and sent him my music. Years later, I included a dragon shaped shadow while experimenting with A.I. Because I think artificial intelligence is one of humanities modern nightmares. Implementing this technology into the album artwork, I finally felt a connection between my unease past and our present apprehensions for the future."

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Thanks to all the artists who collaborated and to my closest supporters for their love, efforts, time and patience. This album hadn't been possibile without you guys.

Special Thanks go to:


Trà My Lisa Nguyen, Coerte Voorhees, Johannes Marx, Dovile Sermokas, Oshan Saxena, Oyemi Noiz, Miles Senzaki, Sebastian Völkers, Vadim Yastrebov, The Vivid Expanse, Rick Rubin & The Shoegazer Squad


All songs written, performed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Kenneth Estrada y Santiago.

Kenneth Estrada y Santiago: vocals, guitar, bass, drum programming
Vadim Yastrebov: samples, synths on Giant Yellow Eyes
Coerte Voorhees: synths, guitar solo on Top Down
Oshan Saxena: drums on Childhood Fantasy + Neon Neon
Sebastian Voelkers: drums on Top Down
Miles Senzaki: drums on Crawl
Robert Monroe (R.I.P.): words on Otherside

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