Valebol is Chicago’s new superduo featuring drummer Daniel Villarreal (Dos Santos) andmulti-instrumentalist Vivian McConnell (V.V. Lightbody) on vocals, synthesizer, and flute.Pronounced VAH-LAY-BOL, this project is a true expression of musical joy,deep Chicagotalent,and collaboration. Furnishing their translingual express-pop, Valebol invites everyone todivedown and discover a feeling. Maybe it’s finding an oyster on your maiden scuba dive anddiscovering it contains a kaleidoscopic disco pearl vibrating to polyrhythms from a forgottencassette tape. Maybe it was buried in 1983, maybe the club is still open. Either way, openingyour new Polly Pocket sized seashell contains an iconic duo.Villarreal’s Panamá collides withV.V.’s midwest in this surprising collaboration. Tiny heroes thattraded monochrome structuresfor a kaleidoscopic panoply of patterns, tropical tonalityblossoming throughout each song—yetcompact enough to put in your pocket asyou buzzacross arbitrary borders.