Joey Valence & Brae

Two-part punky hip hop from the American state of Pennsylvania. Joey Valence was born as Joseph Bertolino, Brae as Braedan Lugue. A shared love for the Beastie Boys brings the rappers together in their first year at university. They make music in Joey's childhood bedroom, which they release entirely independently. The two twenty-somethings handle every aspect of the content themselves. No record company is involved. The song ‘Punk tactics’ is the shrapnel bomb that will send them into orbit around the earth in 2022. Joey Valence & Brae are also one of the sensations of Pukkelpop that same year. On their second album ‘NO HANDS’ (2024) they successfully confront drum-’n’-bass. The duo also collaborates with Pendulum, the Australian band that managed to bring that genre to a guitar-loving audience.