Morton Valence Explained

Morton Valence
Genre:Urban Country[1]
Years Active:2001 to present
Label:Cargo Records (UK)
Cow Pie
Bastard Recordings
Soulfood
Monika Enterprise
Cheap Date Records
Whipwray
Associated Acts:Band of Holy Joy
BJ Cole
The Crimea
Alabama 3
Florida
Website:http://mortonvalence.com/
Current Members:Robert "Hacker" Jessett
Anne Gilpin
Past Members:Chuck Whobrey aka Chuck E Peru
Daryl Holley
Alan Cook
Joe Udwin
Leo Fernandez
Gigi Chang
Alejo Pelaez

Morton Valence are a London-based rock band based around the vocal pairing of songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Robert 'Hacker' Jessett (ex-member of The Band of Holy Joy[2] and Alabama 3[3]) and Anne Gilpin. They term their music as Urban Country[4] and were described by The Guardian as being "one of the most intriguing bands on these shores".[5]

Founded in 2001 by Robert Jessett, Anne Gilpin and Chuck Whobrey, the band won the 2006 Fopp Award for best new band[6] and went on to sign a record contract with Cheap Date Records. After the release of the single "Sailors" - described by the BBC as being "the best single you've never heard of the past decade"[7] - they split from Cheap Date to form their own label, Bastard Recordings, and are an early example of an independent band who entered into a crowd funding agreement with their fans.[8] Their 2009 single Chandelier was a BBC Radio 2 Record of the Week.[9]

They have recorded eight full-length studio albums, all of which have been highly acclaimed in the music press,[10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] including four star reviews in Mojo Magazine[17] Q Magazine[18] Uncut Magazine[19] Classic Rock Magazine[20] and an album of the year on the Chicago-based website Consequence of Sound.[21]

In 2020 Jessett and Gilpin wrote and directed an autobiographical film documentary entitled This Is A Film About A Band that was premiered at the Doc'N Roll Film Festival in London.[22]

Their eponymously titled eighth album was produced by legendary pedal steel guitar player BJ Cole,[23] who also appears on the album and plays with the band intermittently.

Discography

Albums

Singles

External links

Official website mortonvalence.com

Notes and References

  1. News: indie bands and country. The Guardian. 2014-10-03.
  2. News: Morton Valence - Interview. www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk. 2018-03-06.
  3. News: Robert Jessett. www.allmusic.com. 2009-11-11.
  4. News: indie bands and country. The Guardian. 2014-10-03.
  5. Web site: New Band of the Week . The Guardian . 2007-10-27 .
  6. Web site: Fopp to showcase new bands . Music Week . 2007-02-22 . 2013-06-28.
  7. Web site: Music - Review of Morton Valence - Bob and Veronica Ride Again . BBC . 2009-05-04 . 2013-06-28.
  8. Web site: My Idea of Pop . Aesthetica Magazine . 2013-06-28.
  9. Web site: Music - Review of Morton Valence - Bob and Veronica Ride Again . BBC . 2009-05-04.
  10. Web site: Review in Drowned in Sound . Drownedinsound.com . 2011-05-22 . 8 May 2017 . 12 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160312042507/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/14415/reviews/4136900-morton-valence-bob-and-veronica-ride-again . dead .
  11. Web site: Lovely Second Album . The Arts Desk . 2009-05-04.
  12. Web site: Morton Valence: Left – album review . Louder Than War . 2014-08-28.
  13. Web site: ALBUMS, REVIEWS Morton Valence – Another Country (Bastard Recordings) . God Is In The TV . 2015-04-07 .
  14. Web site: LEE FISHER REVIEWS THE ESSENTIAL ONE-OFF RELEASE FROM TWO MORTON VALENCE MUSICIANS . Narc Magazine . 2016-09-27.
  15. Web site: Europa – Morton Valence . Beat Surrender . 2017-05-01 .
  16. Web site: Bob & Veronica's Great Escape – Morton Valence . Louder Than War . 2019-02-07 .
  17. Web site: Bob & Veronica's Great Escape – Morton Valence . Mojo Magazine . 2019-03-01 .
  18. Web site: Morton Valence/Lost Cavalry at Plan B . Urban75 . 2011-01-09 .
  19. Web site: Offline Lambeth Country Show After Party. Urban75 . 2010-07-17 .
  20. Web site: Morton Valence: Left . Classic Rock . 2014-09-10 .
  21. Web site: CoS Year-End Report: The Top 100 Albums of '09: 75-51 . Consequence of Sound . 2009-12-01 .
  22. Web site: This Is A Film About A Band: Doc'N Roll . Doc'N Roll . 2020-11-08 .
  23. Web site: Morton Valence – Morton Valence: Werke RE . Werke . 2022-11-15 .

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