Toward the end of 2009, in a bedroom in Stockton, California - previously
known only in the music world for producing Stephen Malkmus'
Pavement - a 21-year-old Justin Paul Vallesteros began experimenting
with simple synth and guitar lines, gradually layering them
to create the sound that would become Craft Spells. The band's first
single,
![SNARKY PUPPY - SYLVA [2LP] (REMIXED, REMASTERED)](http://strypt.com/5501921_150.jpg "SNARKY PUPPY - SYLVA [2LP] (REMIXED, REMASTERED) (GROUND UP MUSIC)")
