JAY JAY PISTOLET – We Are Free
CC0001, der erste Release auf Chess Club Records. Hatte Mr.Pistolet vor ein paar Monaten zusammen mit den Holloways in einem kleinen Club in London erlebt und war sehr angetan. „We Are Free“ erinnert mich etwas an The Basement, sehr gut auch die fünfeinhalbminütige B-Seite „Holly“.
Die 7″ ist nicht so leicht zu bekommen, da Chess Club, wie Reflex mir versicherte, bisher keinen Vertrieb besitzen. Ich habe sie von Banquet erhalten.
Rough Tradethis is the first single for chess club records and it’s limited to just 500 seven inches. the boys behind chess club are will street (son of legendary producer stephen street), video director and photographer max knight and fear of flying drummer jack lawrence brown. they have been running some of london’s most interesting live music nights and djing all around town for some time now. 19 year old jay jay has a beautiul and individual voice. he also tells heartbreaking stories through his profound lyrics. wrap these in an addictive melody and you have his debut single ‚we are free‘. on the other side of the record ‚holly‘ is the tale of love and loss at its most precious. tear jerking strings and touchingly fragile piano add the finishing touches to this future classic. jay jay is starting to make waves on the same new folk scene that has catapulted the likes of kate nash, jamie t and jack penate into the limelight ovr the last year.
In diesen Tagen erscheint mit der Mumford & Sons-10″ ein weiteres Highlight auf Chess Club. Der Sänger ist Marcus Mumford, der Schlagzeuger von Laura Marling. Sie spielen Bluegrass und Folk.
Rough Tradethe sixth release on chess club and another absolute corker. marcus mumford built mumford and sons after his long standing position as laura marling’s drummer / harmoniser began to earn him praise from all who saw them play live together. his battered and raspy voice soars with emotion over massive swells of country-tinged orchestral pop. lovelorn lyrics filled with hope, anger, fear and every passionate extreme in between mean mumford and sons are sure to achieve a massive amount of praise with their debut ep ‚lend me your eyes‘, which demonstrates the strength in both song and sound. limited 10″ only.