Midnight at The Valencia

The Welsh trio - Tom Hollister, Chris Buck and Adam Roberts release new album Midnight at The Valencia. The road to success has been anything but conventional. Their story began in 2010 when they were tipped by Steve Winwood, who invited them to record at his own Wincraft Studios. A triumphant Sonisphere set led to the offer of a U.S. record deal and a collaboration with Guns N’ Roses manager Alan Niven. Reality didn’t match expectations, and the band went their separate ways before ever releasing an album. In the decade that followed, their paths diverged but never truly separated. Buck’s distinctive guitar playing earned him numerous accolades and praise from some of the most distinguished players in Slash, Joe Satriani and Jason Isbell. The band remained close, reuniting sporadically to play together until, in February 2020, they decided to reform. Nearly two years of writing, recording and rehearsing provided solid foundations, and within 24 hours of their debut single being released in May 2021, it toppled Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds from the top of the iTunes and Amazon Rock Charts. Both their first EP and subsequent debut album also reached number 1, and the band soon found themselves recording in Abbey Road’s legendary Studio Two. The Valencia is the physical manifestation of their ‘ten thousand hours’, representing every backwater dive-bar and neon-soaked club they’ve walked into and played together as friends.