JACK JONES (TRAMPOLENE) RELEASES BRAND NEW SOLO DEBUT | INTERVIEW
by Sam Shiner
South Wales songwriter/wordsmith Jack Jones releases a beautiful new single The Mountains (You & I) through Strap Originals today. The Mountains (You & I), a sticky tune anthem about overcoming the trials and tribulations of everyday life, is the fifth track to be lifted from Jack’s much anticipated debut solo album ‘Jack Jones’ also released today.
Jack’s previous singles Breathe , Peaches Out Of Reach , Who Let The Bass Pump Though The Floor and Gladys all picked up multiple plays on BBC6 Music, BBC Wales and Radio X.
Jack Jones says of The Mountains (You & I): “I went to live in a silent Buddhist monastery near Newcastle, trying to live a healthier lifestyle. There’s so much of life where you’re expected to talk, but then if all of a sudden you decide not to for a bit, it really calms you, chopping wood for the monks, carrying stuff around and fixing the monastery, doing gardening and living together with other people in this hall. We’d listen to the monks singing in the morning, which was beautiful, and watch them living out their lives. In the past, I’ve struggled so much to meditate – by the time I got out of the monastery I did feel like that normal anxiety that lives in me felt less tight when I got back.”
The one-take video for Mountains (You & I) starring Jack and directed by Jack, was filmed by Jack on the emergency stairs at Covent Garden Tube station, using every single one of its 193 steps – the equivalent of a 15 storey building.
INTERVIEW with Jack Jones
by Sam Shiner
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Jack’s album ‘Jack Jones’ is available on vinyl in multiple colour formats, CD and digital download and was co-written, produced and mixed by Adam French. Also available will be Jack Jones’s new book ‘Tour Diaries’ Volume 1 featuring Jack’s time with Trampolene, The Libertines and Peter Doherty & The Puta Madres. They album and book are available HERE.
You can catch Jack Jones LIVE this November, full dates listed below – Tickets HERE!
NOVEMBER
2nd SAT Glasgow – The Poetry Club SWG3
3rd SUN Liverpool – Jacaranda
6th WED North Shields – Three Tanners Bank
7th THU Manchester – YES Basement
8th FRI Cambridge – The Six Six Bar
9th SAT Shrewsbury – Albert & Co Frankville
13th WED Bristol – The Exchange
14th THU London – Old Blue Last
15th FRI Swansea – Bunkhouse
16th SAT Cardiff – The Moon
Jack Jones also plays the following show with TRAMPOLENE:
Salt Market Social – North Shields (28th September).
Jack will be performing and signing at the following in-stores this week
20th Friday Bristol Rough Trade 6:30pm Doors, 7:30pm Onstage, 8:30pm Signing
21st Saturday Swansea Derricks 4pm SIGNING ONLY
22nd Sunday Nottingham Rough Trade 6pm Doors, 7pm Onstage, 8pm Signing
23rd Monday Liverpool Rough Trade 12pm SIGNING ONLY
23rd Monday Bury Wax & Beans 7pm Doors, 7:30pm on stage, 8:15pm Signing
24th Tuesday Leeds Crash Records 5pm Doors
25th Wednesday Southampton Vinilo 7PM Doors
26th Thursday Kingston Banquet Records 6pm on stage, 6:45pm signing
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