Alt-pop darlings Valley consistently flip life’s biggest bummers into warm, uplifting anthems. The Toronto quartet mastered this mood-transforming style early on with their self-produced 2016 EP, This Room Is White, where songs like “Swim” balanced big, percussive builds with sweet, gentle harmonies. Valley’s buoyant melodies continue to soar ever higher, touching on Coldplay’s melancholic intimacy, but always with a wink and a nod, whether they’re craving simpler times (“Like 1999”) or challenging the music biz (“SOCIETY”).