Cardinal Black

CARDINAL BLACK - MIDNIGHT AT THE VALENCIA

The Welsh trio - Tom Hollister, Chris Buck and Adam Roberts release new album Midnight at The Valencia.

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. A lot has happened in the miles and years they’ve covered together. Midnight at The Valencia is an honest account of some of the highs and lows they encountered and the stories they found along the way: ‘Ride Home’ unfolds a portrait of a boy they watched going off to war, only to see him return later a man; ‘Adeline’ is a melancholy love letter from a father to his daughter; ‘Morning Light’ follows a family man as he tries to rebuild his life after a divorce; ‘Breathe’ chronicles a tryst between illicit lovers fighting to slip the stranglehold of failing relationships; ‘Push/Pull’ is that plaintive rite of passage through loss and grief we all have to navigate; ‘Keep on Running’ is a cautionary tale of a friend’s brush with the unsolicited attentions of a stalker; and if ‘Holding my Breath’ is a confession to a partner of feeling trapped in a relationship, ‘Your Spark’ is the counterpoint finale: a thank you from one of the band to his wife.