Alison Clancy Shares Inspirations With Indie Thursdays

In an interview with Indie Thursdays, Alison Clancy explains the story behind her new single “The Valley,” which is at radio now via Independent Project Records.

“I dance at The Metropolitan Opera and on breaks I mess around on the pianos in the basement rehearsal studios,” she says. “It’s sort of a joke that I am the Phantom of the Opera haunting The Met with my moody vibes. One morning I was feeling overwhelmed by the ugly cruelty of the world, and Maxfield Haynes (fellow Met Opera dancer) caught my eye at ballet barre and looked at me knowingly: ‘Mountains and Valleys…’ they said. That night I sat at a piano submerged deep in the basement maze of the opera house, and started writing  this song. It felt like planting a fragile seed and hoping it could survive until the world thawed into something a little kinder…” Check out the full interview here.