PLAY: JP, Chrissie & the Fairground Boys, “Fidelity!”

It took a 31-year-old, sandpaper-voiced Welsh singer nearly half her age to make silky Chrissie Hynde ditch the Pretenders brand and go solo. Sort of. Hynde and JP Jones’ collaboration is very much a band borne from their mutual stories of unrequited love. “Fidelity!” is the not-so-made-up tale of a star-crossed couple recorded by two musicians who clearly love being each other’s muse. It’s Hynde’s best music in years and a reminder that true love goes deeper than the skin.

WATCH the music video for JP, Chrissie & the Fairground Boys’ single “If You Let Me.”