Jack Penate - Matinee

Jack Peñate’s head is full of incredible pop songs and over the last year and a bit he’s been bewitching sold out audiences with them, striking a real chord nationwide and making quite a name for himself. His most recent single, ‘Torn On The Platform’, went straight in to the Top Ten, confirming what we all knew already – Jack is a natural. Recorded and produced by Jim Abbiss (Arctic Monkeys, Editors, Kasabian), ‘Matinée’ is heavy. Forming its core are his three singles to date – the summer swagger of ‘Spit At Stars’, the now anthemic ‘Torn On The Platform’ and his most recent opus, ‘Second, Minute Or Hour’, which captures a gutsy Jack performing at a breakneck speed. With his deserved reputation for breathless live shows, fans will be happy that live stalwarts making the cut include ‘Learning Lines’ (the only track on the album produced by Philadelphian electronic maestro RJD2), the contented Jack in ‘Got My Favourite’ and ‘Made Of Codes’, a bluesy stomper that mutates into a glorious, three minute indie-pop masterclass.Where a lot of his songs are full of wonder and hope, there’s a deeper side to the young man. For instance, the lovelorn lament of ‘My Yvonne’ (which features fellow rising star Adele on backing vocals), the string laden epic ‘We Will Be Here’ and the intricate, lo-fi strumming of album closer ‘When We Die’, which was recorded at St. Barnabus church in Ealing with a gospel backing, all show this guy has got soul.

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