Marc Valentine: NY UAP
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Marc Valentine kick starts the new year in fine style with his new single NY UAP. It’s another classic three minute blast of uplifting power pop from his forthcoming album that is guaranteed to lift your mood as soon as you hear it.
With two solo albums already behind him as well a relentless touring schedule across the UK, Europe and the USA over the past couple of years, our very own bastion of the glam-infused power pop anthem Marc Valentine is currently on a truly inspirational streak. And with the announcement of his third solo album due out in April, Marc has already released one single from it back in December 2025 entitled You Are The Jet. Now Marc releases his second single from the album, NY UAP.
NY UAP opens with a majestic swirl of brightly illuminated keys before it ignites into a joyful explosion of fuzzed-up power pop which is guaranteed to bring you out of your darkest mood. And as Marc sings “I chained my heart to a radio station, going coast to coast like a sonic mutation” he explains the inspiration behind the song as follows, “NY UAP’ is basically an allegory for life on the road. The inspiration for the song came while touring the US east coast, which happened to coincide with the infamous New Jersey UAP (unidentified aerial phenomena) sightings. I was wondering if they had an equivalent to rock’n’roll in their existence… and maybe they were on the ultimate inter-dimensional tour.” Perhaps only time will tell…
Marc’s new album, Uncommon Side Effects, is scheduled for release on Friday 10th April on Little Steven’s Wicked Cool Records and will be available in vinyl, CD, and digital platforms. The album is produced by Dave Draper (Michael Monroe, Professionals). Also worthy of note is the fact that the video for NY UAP is directed by renowned filmmaker Danny Garcia.
You can catch Marc on tour in the UK and in Europe at the following dates:
April
10 – Water Rats, London
22 – Wedgewood, Portsmouth
23 – Tuppenny, Swindon
24 – Hope & Anchor, London
25 – Steel Bar, Corby
May
01 – Fox & Newt, Leeds
02 – Salford Eagle, Manchester
03 – Voodoo Daddys, Norwich
08 – Malmö Medley, Sweden
09 – Stockholm Encore, Sweden
31 – Call Of The Wild Festival, Lincoln
July
10 – Trillians, Newcastle
11 – Giffard, Wolverhampton
You can get tickets for live shows here.
You can stream the single here.
You can pre-order the album here or here.
You can find Marc Valentine on Facebook, Instagram, Bandcamp and his website.
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All words by Ian Corbridge. You can find more of his writing at his author profile here.
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