That's a good question. That's just how our band works. I was just like, What, is this a joke? If you aren't familiar with their work, press play on the Grammy Award-winning "Tearing Me Up" (RAC Remix) and follow with "Heaven Only Knows" and "Back Down." Bob Moses, the Vancouver-bred duo consisting of Tom Howie and Jimmy Vallance, came to life in the Brooklyn underground scene in 2012. Those are decent odds! Did you write a speech? When we were finished and had enough of a demo, there was this really feeling like, "I think we did something really special here." [15] Soon after the release of this first EP, they went on to deliver a second, Far from the Tree,[16] before signing to Domino Records in March 2014. Composed of Tom Howie and Jimmy Vallance, this duo crafted an album that tackles a variety of moods and circumstances with both grace and grit. [4] He grew up in a series of small towns on the west coast of Canada, including Vanderhoof (1964-1967) and Terrace (1967-1970) where he collected fond memories that would later show up in lyrics to some of his songs, like 'Summer of '69'. Theres always that thing, you come out and youre that cool new band doing that cool new thing, and you wonder how long of a shelf life that has.. Paiement is a former member of the groups CANO and Morgan. Anything like this you just have to really appreciate. What do they refer to? Are you nervous, excited? It also established the Adams-Vallance songwriting team in the music industry as other artists started to consider their songs seriously. And thats not the case at all. Tom Howie and Jimmy Vallance from Bob Moses join Ryan Skyy to talk about how adversity serves as a vehicle for achieving human potential as it relates to their experience coming up as musicians and their single "Hanging On". Follow us onFacebook,TwitterandInstagram. Vallance was credited as executive producer for recording Bruce Cockburn's part in a studio in Hamburg, Germany. Jimmy Vallance Artist Profile - Resident Advisor So, I mean for me, it would probably be some sort of rocker like punk, rocks punk, rock stuff. Rachel Paiement, Vallance's wife, wrote the French lyrics as she is Franco-Ontarian and a songwriter in her own right. When we were finished and had enough of a demo, there was this really feeling like, I think we did something really special here. We didnt know where it was going to fit in the grand scheme of things, we just thought it was really cool. So, a big part of our excitement about coming to India is to potentially meet some other artists and see some at the festival and experience that firsthand.