Chrissie Hynde and the Valve Bone Woe Ensemble Valve Bone Woe (180g Vinyl 2LP) * * *

The amazing Chrissie Hynde displays yet another volte face in her incredible career with the release of her new album Valve Bone Woe. The record features 14 tracks written by a stunning array of classic songwriters and innovators, including Brian Wilson, Frank Sinatra, Hoagy Carmichael, Charlie Mingus, John Coltrane, Nick Drake, Ray Davies and Rodgers and Hammerstein. Valve Bone Woe was produced by Marius De Vries and Eldad Guetta and recorded with the Valve Bone Woe Ensemble at Air Studios in London. "Absolutely sensational!" proclaims fellow legend Brian Eno. "I'm blown away by the completeness and maturity of this work; it sounds like they've spent a lifetime doing music like this. The production is utterly astonishing – I couldn't have imagined that a big band palette, so gloriously fat and dirty, could be combined with digitalism so beautifully. An amazing piece of work." 180g vinyl 2LP-set.