Morton Valence

Morton Valence
Anne and Hacker
Background information
Origin	United Kingdom
Genres	Alt Country, Indie, Punk, Electro, Lounge
Years active	2006 to present
Labels	Bastard Recordings Cheap Date Records
Associated acts	Black Angel Drifter Band of Holy Joy The Crimea Alabama 3 Florida
Website	http://mortonvalence.com/
Members	Robert "Hacker" Jessett Anne Gilpin Daryl Holley Joe Udwin Alan Cook
Past members	Leo Fernandez Chuck E Peru Gigi Chang Alejo Pelaez

Bastard Recordings

Morton Valence (a.k.a Black Angel Drifter) is a five-piece 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) and Anne Gilpin. They term their music as Urban-Country, a genre that could loosely be defined as a lyrical blend of rock, electro, folk and alt-country. They were once described by The Guardian as "one of the most intriguing bands on these shores". Having recorded six studio albums, one of which (Bob & Veronica Ride Again) was accompanied by a 110-page novella of the same name, another recorded in seven different languages (Europa), and are an early example of an independent band who entered into a crowd funding agreement with their fans, they have established a reputation for being genuinely idiosyncratic. Their 2009 single Chandelier was a BBC Radio 2 Record of the Week.

Founded in 2006 by Jessett and Gilpin, the band won the 2006 Fopp/PRSF award for best new band 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" - Morton Valence split from Cheap Date to form their own label, Bastard Recordings.

Since then they have recorded six full-length studio albums, all of which have been highly acclaimed in the music press.

Official website mortonvalence.com

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