Video: "Smallest Man," Sunset Valley

A new digital compilation of Portland's turn-of-the-millennium indie heroes is out today on Barsuk Records.

By MATTHEW SINGER

Here's what Jay Horton has to say about onetime Portland next-big-things Sunset Valley in the upcoming edition of Willamette Week:

Tropic of Candycorn—compiling Sunset Valley's four studio albums, plus an extra odds-and-sods collection—is available today, and along with the comp comes a new video, for the unreleased track "Smallest Man," which you can watch below. Though the band, led by the great Herman Jolly, hasn't released a record of new material since 2003, it still performs sporadically, and will play Bunk Bar tomorrow night in support. All this forces us to wonder if the group is planning to become a going concern again. Even if that's not case, Tropic of Candycorn is a potent reminder of what could've been. Sometimes, that's enough.

SEE IT: Sunset Valley plays Bunk Bar, 1028 SE Water Ave., with Paradise and Dead Teeth, on Wednesday, July 2. 9:30 pm. $5. 21+.

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