The Vals
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description: The Vals are a psychedelic pop band from Belfast, Northern Ireland. The Vals are led by songwriter Paul Doherty. In 2009 they signed with Electrique Mud Records, a subsidiary of Unique Records based
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followers: 434
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album: Yesterday Today
  type: MusicAlbum
  date published: 2009-03-09
album: Yesterday Today
  type: MusicAlbum
  date published: 2009-04-03
album: Yesterday Today
  type: MusicAlbum
  date published: 2009-04-03
album: With You
  type: MusicAlbum
  date published: 2009-05-15
album: Sticks & Stones
  type: MusicAlbum
  date published: 2009-10-02
album: Things Will Always Be The Same
  type: MusicAlbum
  date published: 2010-04-09
album: Look To the One
  type: MusicAlbum
  date published: 2011-08-01
album: Quiet Part of Town
  type: MusicAlbum
  date published: 2014
album: I Fall
  type: MusicAlbum
  date published: 2014-09-12
album: Wildflower Way
  type: MusicAlbum
  date published: 2014-09-26
album: Echoes of Summer (4-Track-EP)
  type: MusicAlbum
  date published: 2015-01-30
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album: Pickepackevoll (Arnd Zeigler Football Song)
  type: MusicAlbum
  date published: 2015-02-01
album: Jeremy Corbyn
  type: MusicAlbum
  date published: 2017-05-29