Just as momentum was building and picking up steam on their musical trajectory upwards, electropop duo ELECTRIC VALENTINE suffered a devastating blow – their studio was ransacked and their gear, and more importantly, all the music they have been working on was stolen. With an award for “Best Electronic Band” at last month’s “2010 OC Music Awards” and a nomination for the “Dance/Electronica” category of the 2009 “International Songwriting Competition” for their song “A Night Like You” (whose winner will be announced on April 28th), this was especially awful because Chris Qualls and Lauren Baird were writing lots of new music and working on many new projects. Chris issued the statement below:
