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ELECTRONIC PRESS KIT — 2026
A VIRTUAL BAND — WRITTEN & COMPOSED BY ERIC B. THORNTON
Vintage soul, desert heat, and an indie-pop edge. Debut album Afterglow & Heartbreak — 12 tracks, out now on Bule Jawa Records.
SOUL · INDIE-POP · NU-DISCO✦
100% ONE-STOP · SYNC-READY
THE RECORD
Twelve scenes, one day.
Afterglow & Heartbreak plays like a single sun-warmed day — golden-hour mornings, last-call heartbreak, and the glitter of an after-hours dancefloor. Fronted by the smoky, defiant Maya Valentine, where 1970s analog warmth meets modern indie-pop shimmer.
FOR FANS OF — LAKE STREET DIVE · ALABAMA SHAKES · SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS · BLACK PUMAS · AMY WINEHOUSE · LEON BRIDGES
SYNC-PRIORITY CUTS
Dance It TonightNU-DISCO
You Ain't Seen Nothin' YetGRITTY RETRO-SOUL
You Feel Like Deja VuCINEMATIC SOUL BALLAD
Remember WhenGOSPEL-TINGED SOUL
Singing Our Happy SongHORN-DRIVEN FINALE
THE BAND
Where analog warmth meets indie-pop shimmer.
Maya Valentine
LEAD VOCALS
A smoky alto into fragile falsetto — guarded and deeply romantic.
Chico Lopez
GUITAR
The quiet philosopher. Crying, expressive solos.
Jamal Lou-Deen
BASS
A smooth, unflappable pocket. The mediator.
Selah Lou-Deen
DRUMS
The heartbeat — soul that builds into nu-disco.
— WITH MR. MIDNIGHT PARK ON KEYS & SYNTH, AND THE SWEETIE SISTERS ON BACKING VOCALS
PRESS PHOTOS
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© 2026 THEE PHONIQUES · BULE JAWA RECORDS — ALL SONGS ℗ & © ERIC BUDIANTO THORNTON · ASCAP