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Valient Himself recently announced his first solo album to be released on Smokedoggg Records next month and now he's back with his cover of Todd Rundgren's "I Saw The Light"...

He told Punknews, "Before I lived in Richmond, we hardly ever came through here. There was one band that we would play with when we did and that was RPG. Matt Conner was the guitar player/ vocalist. He's got sort of a one man band up here now called Station Aries and when I asked him if he wanted to participate in this "project", he and his buddies Dusty and Andy had this jam basically ready to go. He's a hell of a musician and I think this is one of the best songs on the whole album. They really captured the soul of Rundgren's original. The bass, that guitar solo, the piano, it all sounds so “of the time” & truly captures the spirit of what I wanted to accomplish. I can picture us rocking this in a lounge or an old disco, or even in front of a television audience like bandstand or top of the pops. Matt killed it.”

Valient Himself has been the charismatic frontman for Valient Thorr for the last 22 years. He regularly does guest vocals with the Avett Brothers and has sung live or on albums with Motorhead, Mastodon, Red Fang, Gogol Bordello, Municipal Waste, Men Eater, Hjortene, Brief Lives, Heavy Temple and Fever Moon.