Robert "Hacker" Jessett: Vocals, Guitars, Trumpet, Harmonica.
Anne Gilpin: Vocals, Keyboards.
Joe Udwin: Bass.
Alejo Palaez: Keyboards, Lap Steel Guitar, Electronics.
Daryl Holley: Drums.
Some time back in the mid 00's, after a monthly residency in the Soho Theatre Arts Club, support slots with British Sea Power, Jeff Lewis and Art Brut, Morton Valence won the 2006 Fopp/PRSF award for best new band, signed a deal with indie label 'Cheap Date' and released a single.
Frustrated with an industry in apparent melt-down, Morton Valence became pioneers, cutting out the middlemen and self-financing their album through offering shares to their fans. This proved an incredible success, the band set up their own label (Bastard Recordings), and the much coveted 'Bob & Veronica Ride Again' was released in 2009, complete with a 100 page novella.
The album was well received in the press, garnering four star reviews pretty much across the board, including Q Magazine, Uncut, the BBC, Drowned in Sound as well as a 'Pick n Mix' record of the week on Radcliffe and Maconie's BBC Radio 2 show.
They went on to tour the UK and Germany, playing in Haldern, the Reeperbahn festival in Hamburg, as well as some shows in New York (a city that the band regard as a musical Mecca) building up a small but fanatical bunch of devotees along the way.
They released their second album - Me and Home James - in 2011 described as a collection of urban country songs which has again had great critical acclaim including 4 stars in Mojo magazine.
They are currently working on a 3rd album due for release later this year.