Andrew Bower (vocals/guitars), an expatriate Australian, then living in Houston, enlisted his brother Sean Bower (bass) and Dan McNaulty (drums) in his hometown of Brisbane, Australia to form The Valery Trails in 2011. With the assistance of the internet and some intercontinental travel, the trio developed a set of songs started in Andrew's home studio into The Valery Trails' debut album Ghosts and Gravity, released in February 2012. Two more albums have since followed continuing to explore the band's line of atmospheric guitar-based indie rock. "These guys aren’t trying to reinvent the wheel; they’re trying to do something even harder. They’re showing us what can happen when you mix a concrete respect for certain musical lineages with a brazen disregard for modern convention." - Joshua Pickard, Nooga.com With band members formerly separated by the Pacific Ocean, live shows by the Valery Trails have been understandably rare. In 2015 the band made their live debut in Brisbane, Australia and in 2018 they made their U.S. debut with shows in Texas (Houston and Austin). In 2020 Andrew moved back to Brisbane following an extended period of travel that was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The band are now figuring out how to function in a more conventional manner where all the members live in the same city. With a multiple releases planned for 2022, including a long-delayed fourth album, the Valery Trails continue to build a body of work on their own terms.