If you your dig Squeeze, later-era The Jam and a strong dosing of Curtis Mayfield, then……
RED JACKET MINE… is for you, pop geek!
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DOWNLOAD – “Listen Up(If The World Is Going To Hell)” – HERE
From Red Jacket Mine’s origins as a bedroom four-track project, through two studio albums (including 2009′s Ken Stringfellow-produced Lovers Lookout) and dozens of high-profile shows, bandleader Lincoln Barr has displayed a restless stylistic curiosity and unique command of his influences, masterfully whittling shards of soul, country, blues, rock, and pop into a coherent whole.
The latest incarnation of Red Jacket Mine finds Barr, who also serves as guitarist in Seattle power-pop heavy hitters Stag, marrying that band’s penchant for the sub-three-minute pop gem with his love for vintage soul and ’70s British pub rock. The results are thrilling, infusing Red Jacket Mine’s trademark commitment to songcraft with a welcome dose of humor and devil-may-care kineticism.
After club-testing the new songs in early 2011, the band and producer Johnny Sangster (The Tripwires, Cobirds Unite) entered Seattle’s Avast! Studios and emerged with material for two singles. The first – the Curtis Mayfield-meets-Nick Lowe soul of “Listen Up (If the World is Going Hell)” [FIN-LE7-014] – was released as a limited-edition 7″ on Fin Records in February 2012, and is currently in rotation on KEXP 90.3FM.
Recommended if you like: Joe Jackson, Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Nick Lowe, Alex Chilton, Squeeze, Graham Parker, Steely Dan, 10cc, Paul Weller
Buy the limited edition 7″ (on colored vinyl!) from Fin Records:http://finrecords.com/store-
Buy it on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/
Buy it on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Listen-
Good, good stuff!!
excellent …….plus kudos for the 7″ coloured vinyl!
Thanks for listening, guys!