Valencia, Live in Japan. For the Last Time.

There’s really no good reason to talk about Philly’s own pop/rock band Valencia, except that they are currently playing their farewell tour in Japan this week, starting today.

The band, whom we interviewed in our spring issue, has been together since 2003 and touring nearly non-stop ever since. Now, they’re sort of calling it quits (they won’t be hitting the road anymore but they are reluctant to say the band is breaking up).

They’ll play their last official show together on December 28 at the Electric Factory (that’s the show poster on the right). Get tickets here.

“I really like Philadelphia so much,” guitarist JD Perry told us last March. “It’s a very inspiring city because it has so much history and at the same time, it’s really youthful and thriving. You can take any culture, any background, any generation, and put them in Philadelphia and they’ll find something they enjoy.”

Read our full interview with the guys here.