Joey Valence & Brae Tickets

Joey and Brae went from college kids to DIY sensations, thanks to viral hit ‘Double Jump,’ which they parlayed into an EP, 2022’s The Underground Sound, and 2023’s debut full length album PUNK TACTICS, a smash and grab collision of 90s hip-hop, drum ‘n’ bass, pop culture references, and frenetic circle pit energy. Meanwhile the duo’s prankster antics helped build a dedicated fan base of punk kids, metalheads, and rap fans alike.

As it stands, JVB have racked up 200+ million streams and 1.3+ million followers across socials, and they’ve done it all 100% independently. It’s no wonder Limp Bizkit brought them to the UK last year, that their recent underplay tour sold out in minutes, and Sum 41 have tapped them as openers on their farewell tour later this Spring. But it’s their second album NO HANDS that’ll be the real level up.

Like all the best buddy movies Joey and Brae’s meet-cute began at a Red Lobster. They were hanging with mutual friends Freshman year at Penn State: Joey was the quiet dude sitting at the end of the table and Brae wondered what was up with that guy — “he’s mad weird.” In fact Joey was a music obsessive who started messing around with FL Studio when he was just 12-years-old. At the time, a recent transplant from Fairfax, VA, he knew no one, but was inspired by his dad’s rock and hip-hop mixes, Daft Punk, DnB and dubstep, which created the perfect petri dish conditions: Joey the bedroom producer was born. Brae meanwhile was pulling up rap cyphers on YouTube, and was also influenced by his Filipino dad who spent his teen years breakdancing in a Puma tracksuit around NYC.

It didn’t take long for Joey and Brae to find their common ground bond: hip-hop legends like A Tribe Called Quest and Wu-Tang, Miami bass originators 69 Boyz, rave rebels The Prodigy, and modern innovators like Tyler, The Creator, Skrillex, 100 gecs, LMFAO, Turnstile, Denzel Curry, Charli XCX, you name it — their collective taste is omnivorous and genre agnostic.