Marble Valley is a band formed by Steve West, the drummer of the

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band Pavement. Marble Valley is an international collective of individuals moulded together by Steve West, Pavement's drummer since '' Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain'', and with David Berman on the

Silver Jews Silver Jews were an American indie rock band from Hoboken, New Jersey, formed in 1989 by David Berman (musician), David Berman alongside Pavement (band), Pavement members Stephen Malkmus and Bob Nastanovich. Berman was the only constant band me ...

albums, ''Starlite Walker'' and ''Tanglewood Numbers''. ''Breakthrough'' is the band's 4th since 1997 and was conceived on 5 continents, in 17 countries while touring the planet during Pavement's reunion tour in 2010. It was mostly recorded by Remko in his Amsterdam studio.

Personnel

*Steve 'John' West – Vocals *Remko 'Duche' Schouten – Samples & Vocals *James Waudby – Guitars & Vocals *Andy Dimmack – Drums & Vocals *Carl Hogarth – Piano & Keyboards *Robert 'Beige' Ellerby – Bass *Aaron Gammon – Percussion & Samples

Discography

*''Sauckiehall Street'' - Echo Static Records (1997) *''Sunset Sprinkler'' - Echo Static Records (2000) *''Wild Yams'' - Indikator Rekords (2006) *''Slash & Laugh'' - Indikator Rekords - Distributed in the UK by Sea Records (2008) *''Super Sober ep'' - Sea Records (2010) *''Breakthrough'' - Sea Records (2011)

External links

* American indie rock groups {{US-indie-rock-band-stub