Cat No:
F0129
Release Date: 19 February 2016
Label: Folkwit Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5060159431297
Genres: Pop
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Description
Jack and The' , a sunny, Gallic-flavoured Orchestral pop outfit from Scotland is the musical project of Julien Lonchamp, a Frenchman-in-exile (for some years now, in Edinburgh) whose music combines catchy melodies with complex orchestrations and cascading harmonies, in the great tradition of the orchestral pop of the 60s and beyond.
The story behind Melody Cycle is one of great determination and patience with the album taking four years of painstaking work to produce. Written and recorded in Edinburgh, Dublin and Nancy (France) over two years, it features no less than 18 musicians, including a brass quintet and the 7-piece Apostrophe Ensemble. Needless to say clarinet, trombone, vibraphone, cello all feature but also, banjo, sitar and many other instruments as the band goes full circle from pop to chamber music to jazz.
"... a sunny escape, an oasis of happiness, a celebration of music so joyful that it is impossible to resist its infectious melodies"
- Popnews (FR)
"... invokes the entire High Llamas oeuvre, The Divine Comedy, McCartney's first solo records and makes you wish Dennis Wilson had made more music on his own"
- FATEA
"... building a wonderfully odd umbrella all of their very own out of extended whistling solos and songs about buses, puppeteers and Norwegian lakes"
- Danny Charlton, Amazing Radio
"... glorious harmonies, good Beatles-ish keyboards, McCartney-esque vocals and feelgood sensibility"
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Tracklisting
- 1. Paper Dance #2
- 2. Talking Loud
- 3. Little Things
- 4. I Think I'm Dancing
- 5. Chicory Salad
- 6. Dinner At The Andersons'
- 7. Saharian Sands
- 8. Le Cygne Aux Yeux Bleus
- 9. Interlude
- 10. A Few Facts
- 11. Melody Cycle #1
- 12. The Secret Part of Town
- 13. Entropy and Me
- 14. Snowy Days
- 15. Countryside
- 16. The Duchess' Latest Whim
- 17. Days on the Run
- 18. Minimalist Life
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A Sign For The Stranger
Morning Star
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Writing The Wrongs
Poundstore Riot
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Welcome To The Golden Age Of E
Poland
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Tonight We All Swim Free
Martin Callingham
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Tiny Ghosts
Cajita
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The Cosmic Array
The Cosmic Array
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Tell Me One Thing That Is New
Louise Le May
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Tales From A Town
Gwildor
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Dick Nights
Tonstartssbandht
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Tonstartssbandht
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OK Crooner
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The Great Western Road
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Feathers And Stone
Jeremy Loops
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Wish You Were Here Tour Revisited
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Where The Light Gets In
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