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As hills and valleys represent the dynamics of nature, so too are the sincere, existentialist themes of Ames, Iowa rock quartet Hill + Vale delivered through music best summed up by J.R.R. Tolkien: “There were two musics … and they were utterly at variance. The one was deep and wide and beautiful, but slow and blended with an immeasurable sorrow, from which its beauty chiefly came. The other … was loud … and it essayed to drown the other music by the violence of its voice, but … its most triumphant notes were taken by the other and woven into its own solemn pattern.”