Chad Valley - Young HungerU. S. vinyl LP pressing. Jonquil member Hugo Manuel's solo project Chad Valley has a 2012 album released through Cascine in the US, titled Young Hunger. The release is his debut full length and follows up the Equatorial Ultravox EP that blew up our headphones last year. The album is an epic 80s Synthpop journey of lush, sparkling tracks with vocals that bring to mind Tears for Fears. It features guest appearances by indie pop heavyweights Twin Shadow,

Behind his Obsidian gates

they play their version of powerful rock with a style similar to pre-junk Thunders and with lyrics as biting as Patti Smith (check out Hit Me)

I've been looking for a way to connect these two themes to music for a long time

multi-leveled pit's dangers make it back unravaged by madness and nightmarish physical transformations

With Noriko Sengoku

which greatly influenced artists of later years such as Bill Evans

The composition originated as a tribute to the one hundredth anniversary of the foundation of Czechoslovakia in 2018 and consists of six parts in which the authors allude to various periods in the history of the Czechoslovak and later Czech Republic

a touring pro from Fort Worth

They intend to pummel listeners with real zeal

Groslot brings a level of artistry and sophistication to the composition that will continue and accelerate the legitimation of the bass guitar within contemporary classical music

Krebs of Altenburg

Both these albums made the US Top 200