A b o u t
L O V I N A F A L L S
"If only all pop music was this elegant, this eloquent, this infections, this damn unique. If Lovina Falls makes pop music, it is pop that has elevated itself to a higher plane, pop which glides the rarefied and high above chart pretensions, fads, and fashion, pop music that is both posed and poignant. This is music as art, art as music." - The Big Takeover, June 2025.
Welcome to Lovina Falls. Described as “joyfully unclassifiable ” by The Boston Globe, "elegant baroque pop drama" by Last Day Deaf, and “buoyant” by The Big Takeover, Lovina Falls entered the scene in Spring 2023 with debut album Calculating the Angle of Our Descent, spawning video singles for the hypnotic, harpsichord-driven “On Your Side” and ethereal synth-rock genre-bender “Vaulted.” The album depicts a “soundtrack to a wonderland where the Bohemians, goths, punks, and dreamers took over,” writes the Boston Herald.
A singular musical vision, all songs on the album were written, arranged, and produced by Forgione, as she accompanies her rich alto voice with piano, analog synths, guitar, bass, organ, and drums. Her creative efforts and vocal stylings have drawn comparisons to the likes of Kate Bush, Bat For Lashes, Fiona Apple, and Charlotte Gainsbourg.
Forgione’s latest project is also often compared to her former band, Boston’s beloved Mistle Thrush, whose combination of indie rock drive, dreamy textures, and sparkling pop song craft endeared them to many throughout the late 1990s and into the 2000s. Through their existence, Mistle Thrush shared the stage with such luminaries as The Strokes, Spiritualized, Sonic Youth, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Lush, and Slowdive; won numerous Boston-area music accolades; were featured in Billboard Magazine, and were heard on TV show soundtracks. Steve Morse of the Globe wrote that Forgione has “some of the most versatile pipes since the dream-pop heyday of Kate Bush”.
In 2024, Lovina Falls emerged as a live, collaborative project, with Scott Patalano on guitar (Mistle Thrush), Matt Klain on bass (Mistle Thrush), Chuck Ferreira on drums (Eddie Japan, Greg Hawkes, Shang Hi Los), Laura Klain on backing vocals (The Daylilies), Carrie Ingber on keys (Fade/Chromavoid), and seasoned Boston musician Brenden Cobb on guitar. Following the release of the album, Lovina Falls released two singles in Summer 2024: the stormy “Tragedy”, and post-apocalyptic, love-at-the-end-of-the-world yearner “Ellery Way”, featuring Todd Demma (Mistle Thrush, Chameleons) on drums. After playing the Boston Rock and Roll Rumble and sharing the stage with the legendary Chameleons, Lovina Falls released a new single, "Light and Low" in June 2025 (also with Demma on drums), and is currently in the studio finishing up a new EP due this Fall.
Welcome to Lovina Falls.
t r a c k l i s t i n g
O N Y O U R S I D E
valerie forgione - vocals, harpsichord, keys, moog, strings, drums, rhythms
matt klain - bass
marnie hall - violin
B A C K O F M Y H E A R T
valerie forgione - vocals, piano, moog, rhythms, bass, strings, keys
brenden cobb-acoustic guitar
marnie hall - violin
T O D A Y
valerie forgione - vocals, piano, drums, bass
todd demma & mistle thrush - drum samples
L O N G C A L L
valerie forgione - vocals, piano, bass, organ, autoharp
T O O B R I G H T T O B U R N
valerie forgione - vocals, piano, keys, moog, bass, organ
V A U L T E D
valerie forgione - vocals, piano, bass, keys, drums
brenden cobb - madness guitar
chuck ferreira - drums
david minehan - guitar
H O L O G R A M
valerie forgione - vocals, moog, drums, bass, guitar
G A S L I G H T
valerie forgione - vocals, acoustic, piano, bass, organ, percussion, strings
D O W N T H E N I G H T
valerie forgione - vocals, piano, bass, drums, keys
brenden cobb- madness guitar
chuck ferreira - drums
S O M E T H I N G T O G U A R D Y O U
valerie forgione - vocals, piano, bass, drums, strings, accordion
all songs written by valerie forgione as L O V I N A F A L L S
recorded & produced by L O V I N A F A L L S
and D A V I D M I N E H A N
at W O O L L Y M A M M O T H S O U N D
mastered by D A V E L O C K E
at J P M A S T E R S