THE VALS ARE A ROCK N ROLL BAND FROM WEST BELFAST,FORMED IN 2005 THEY ARE: PAUL DOHERTY-SINGER/SONGWRITER/GUITARIST OWEN DUFFY-BASS GUITARIST PIERRE BOUDIN-LEAD GUITARIST MARTY MALONE-DRUMS.THE BAND IN 2006 HAVE NOTCHED UP GIGS AT THE NI:NEXT GENERATION FESTIVAL IN LONDON,THE CAVERN CLUB IN LIVERPOOL AND ALSO SUPPORT TO ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN AT FEILE AND PHOBAIL FESTIVAL IN BELFAST.AT THE MINUTE(JUNE 2006),THE VALS ARE AT AMBERVILLE STUDIOS RECORDING WHAT IS GOING TO BE AN AMAZING ALBUM,DUE FOR RELEASE IN AUGUST 2006 ENTITLED 'FOR THE SOULFUL'.