Cloudspeakers

The title is bullshit: this is straight up UK pop that would fit snuggly in between your ABC and Paul Young singles, albeit with a less refined take on pale white soul. But give the boy a little ti... Read more

Jack Peñate makes unabashed pop with an eye toward outfits like Wham and Fine Young Cannibals, acts that tried hard to create pitch-perfect, ludicrously danceable tunes. (As it happens, Peñate al... Read more

If nothing else, give Jack Peñate this: unlike almost all artists who talk up a new album by speaking of “a change in direction”, he’s actually put his money where his mouth ... Read more

Jack Peñate distinguishes himself from the current glut of British R&B revivalistswith a shortcoming: He's a soul singer who can't really sing. In songs like thePhilly-soul-flavored single... Read more

Everything Is New er et ambitiøst album. Det er allerede tydeligt, da jeg læser den introduktion, som Jack Peñates pladeselskab, XL Recordings, har vedlagt. Om Peñates debut, Matinée fra 2007,... Read more

XL, 2009 Voor Digg*ers van: Britse zomerpop op een bedje van zuiderse ritmes. Als de Britse auteur en illustrator Mervyn Peake één ding heeft doorgegeven aan zijn nageslacht, dan is het wel zijn li... Read more

The timing of debut album Matinée was somewhat unfortunate, Jack Peñate becoming associated with the LDN crew just as its squawky social realism was becoming tiresome. He was widely dismissed as ... Read more

Jack Penate is the very definition of British acoustic rock music. After having phenomenal success with the release of his first album ‘Matinee’ [which went gold], it looks like we may be in the pr... Read more

What is it with the insurgence of singer/songwriters? They all seem to have the same names. It’s as if they’ve been cloned by an evil corporation who have no imagination. First there was James ... Read more

Jack Peñate was ooit een eigenwijs joch met een gitaar die energieke popliedjes met een ska-smaakje schreef en bij zijn Lowlands-optreden aangaf "over een uurtje dronken tegen de hekken" aan te lig... Read more