Giant Sand - Returns To Valley Of Rain (2018) [... May 2026

Gelb wanted to redo the sessions using "proper" equipment, specifically a vintage Fender 30 valve amp , rather than the solid-state Roland amp used in the $400 original sessions.

Critics describe this version as "deeper and wider". While the 1985 original was known for thin, jangly production and heavy digital reverb, the 2018 version boasts a harder, buzzier guitar attack and a more "rough-and-tumble" garage band energy. Giant Sand - Returns To Valley Of Rain (2018) [...

“Returns to Valley of Rain, then, is a start-to-finish delight.” Metacritic 🎶 Tracklist Highlights Gelb wanted to redo the sessions using "proper"

The album features these core songs from the band's earliest days: (3:20) Valley Of Rain (3:34) Curse Of A Thousand Flames (4:44) Death, Dying And Channel 5 (4:35) Barrio (4:23) jangly production and heavy digital reverb

Gelb wanted to redo the sessions using "proper" equipment, specifically a vintage Fender 30 valve amp , rather than the solid-state Roland amp used in the $400 original sessions.

Critics describe this version as "deeper and wider". While the 1985 original was known for thin, jangly production and heavy digital reverb, the 2018 version boasts a harder, buzzier guitar attack and a more "rough-and-tumble" garage band energy.

“Returns to Valley of Rain, then, is a start-to-finish delight.” Metacritic 🎶 Tracklist Highlights

The album features these core songs from the band's earliest days: (3:20) Valley Of Rain (3:34) Curse Of A Thousand Flames (4:44) Death, Dying And Channel 5 (4:35) Barrio (4:23)

Giant Sand - Returns To Valley Of Rain (2018) [...