Jamie T

Stone, glass, concrete and gravel. All we’ve got to keep us together.

In an X-Factor-sponsored world obsessed with the trappings of celebrity, Jamie T stands alone with his middle finger raised, a check shirt and a headful of lived-in songs. Songs about a life devoid of swanky limos and dull photoshoots and brimming with things that we can ACTUALLY RELATE TO.

Refreshing, isn't it? It seems Mr T isn’t obsessed with money, fame and notoriety. He’s just interested in the good things in life. The things that make us, us. Like driving irresponsibly in golf buggies, drinking too much and fucking things up on the odd occasion.

Fresh from the release of his number 2 debuting album Kings and Queens then, comes this intermittently melancholic, acutely British and rather brilliant EP, The Man’s Machine.

Whether he’s singing about “pitbull terriers” in “upcomin’ areas” on Jenny Can Rely On Me or “winding down on valium” on Believing In Things That Can’t Be Done, he reminds us of the polo-shirted-lovechild of Billy Bragg and early Mike Skinner Streets, and what's not to like about that.

If he wants to bring his guitar and the Pacemakers to our local and do an impromptu Twang-esque session, the beers, valium and crap jokes will most definitely be on us. Fancy it, Jamie?

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‘The Man’s Machine’ EP has three new original tracks; ‘Jenny Can’t Rely On Me’, ‘Man Not A Monster’ and ‘Believing In Things That Can’t Be Done’.