why we love this

Gentle acoustic tones and glimmering synths accompany soft, murmured vocals in a meditation on the beauty and impermanence of life, in both its mysticism and mundanity.

about the cassette

Here In The Valley is the debut full-length release from helllhound, the intimate sonic collaboration of life partners Cadmar Fitzhugh and Nailah Hunter. Born out of a seismic shift from urban Los Angeles to a remote mountain town in the Sierra National Forest, the record reflects a period of profound transition: into the wilderness, into parenthood, and into a deeper communion with self.

Woven together through acoustic guitar, harp, voice, and gentle electronics, Here In The Valley evokes the textures of the natural world and the unseen dimensions of ancestral memory. It moves like mist through tall pines and echoes like a fireside tale overheard from across a moonlit meadow. Tracing the arc from conception to early motherhood, the album celebrates the beauty and impermanence of life on Earth, the mysticism of matrescence, and the long journey home to oneself.

With tracks written before, during, and after pregnancy, the album unfolds like a handmade map of a spirit-led pilgrimage through waterways, starfields, and golden hills. Here In The Valley is a love letter to new life, old stories, and the sacred quiet in between.

The pair’s shared creative language finds expression in ethereal ambient and folk sounds. Nurtured in the stillness of California’s high country, their music conjures pastoral dreamscapes that hum with the mystery of birth, the longing of memory, and the wild devotion of partnership. Named after their spirited Husky-Aussie dog Sigge, helllhound channels both the chaos and comfort of life lived close to the bone: deep in the valley, with stars above and earth below.