ARTIST: The Jamestown Union
TITLE: The Jamestown Union
LABEL: Grandcut Records
GENRE: Folk-Rock
TIME: 28:25 min
SIZE:  44,3 MB
RIP DATE: Dec-28-2006
RELEASE DATE: 000-00-0000
WEBSITE: n/a

Track List:

01. It's All Me                                03:09
02. Let In Let Out                             02:50
03. Turning It All Around                      03:21
04. Another Day                                03:04
05. Early Rain                                 02:59
06. Ghosts                                     03:26
07. Please Release Me                          03:20
08. When I'm Down                              01:47
09. Country Girl                               02:18
10. Make A Deal                                01:41
11. Oh My Lord                                 00:30

Release Notes:

One of the best things about Christmas is getting
great presents, in particular unexpected ones. The
Jamestown Union’s debut album is such a present. In
fact it’s even better than that, because it’s not
only great in itself, it holds out the promise of
much further greatness to come. An astonishingly
assured and hugely listenable debut album of
alt.country pop, it’s one of the best things I’ve
heard all year.

This Brighton-based five piece have appeared from
nowhere fully formed and delivered twelve tracks
that put bands that have been around for far longer
to shame. Every box is ticked: they play superbly,
the vocals and harmonies are to die for, they swing
as sweetly as you could wish, the lyrics are
intelligent and thoughtful and they have hooks and
tunes galore. But what’s more important is that they
have originality and soul. If you haven’t got
something new to say or a new way of saying it then
you’re just wasting everyone’s time. Despite
ploughing a furrow that would appear to have been
exhausted a couple of aeons ago, despite nodding to
Gram, Neil and the Jayhawks, they pass both tests
with flying colours. You feel their songs as much as
listen to them, as the insidious melodies of the
likes of “Country Girl” and “Make A Deal” inveigle
themselves into the core of your being. And the best
bit is that just as you think it’s over and
regretfully reach for the eject button, along comes
the hidden track “Jackson Unplayed” to reveals
itself to be as beautiful a piece of wistful
melancholy as you’re ever likely to hear.
