Chrissie Hynde shares two tracks from her upcoming covers album

The Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde has announced the release of a new album with the Valve Bone Woe ensemble, recorded at London's AIR Studios. The jazz-influence project, set to be released on September 6, will see Hynde covering of songs by the likes of Frank Sinatra, Brian Wilson, John Coltrane, Nick Drake, Charles Mingus and her former partner Ray Davies, among others.

In a statement about the upcoming release, entitled Valve Bone Woe, Hynde remarked:

"I have a penchant for cover songs, it’s the surprise of singing something that I didn’t think of writing myself that turns me on. Jazz got side-lined by Rock & Roll in the 60’s, but now the demise of rock seems to be heralding in a newfound interest in it, the most creative and innovative musical forms of the 20th century. I’m happy to jump on the bandwagon."

The Ohio-born musician, a founding member of new wave icons The Pretenders, released her debut solo album, Stockholm, in 2014.

Ahead of the release of Valve Bone Woe, Hynde has shared her covers of the Beach Boys' 'Caroline, No' and Gene De Paul's 'You Don't Know What Love Is'.

https://open.spotify.com/album/1qs4NACPmEYlxUgTcvoekf

Revisit our 1999 interview with Hynde here.