Artist of the week. A band called Jack

A Band Called Jack

“Melancholy is the happiness of being sad.”

The words of Victor Hugo perfectly capture the heart and fuel to the music of British quintet Abandcalledjack though it is a sound with a far richer vein of emotion and fun.

Hailing from Manchester, the band creates melody intense and woven indie folk rock; a creative concoction which openly relishes the imagination and embraces the inspirations each member of Abandcalledjack brings to it. Almost inevitably, being bred within their city’s one of a kind music and art scene, the 2010 formed quintet draw on Manchester’s heritage and influences but have quickly nurtured a presence and sound inescapably individual to themselves.

Each of their songs comes with its own character, a personality and energy which flourish within the speakers as potently as they do electrically bold or acoustically bare on stage. The latter side of the outfit has emulated the growth of their sound. From playing small venues and before audiences barely able to be called a crowd, Abandcalledjack has shared a stage with The Chameleons, played a tour with Big Country, and supported support Paolo Nutini in front of 10,000 people at Castlefield Arena; the Abandcalledjack giving and embracing every show with mutual passion.

Having inked up with young and spirited record label MST SOUNDS, Abandcalledjack are ready to tease, tickle, and stir up major attention with a debut album which echoes and romps with the band’s craft and imagination across a collection of tracks as different as they are united in melodic enterprise and emotive expression.

With tracks such as the violin caressed, almost forcibly seductive ”Kiss Me” and the evocatively mesmeric “Wonderful Sin” among many more alongside, the new offering is the breakthrough of Abandcalledjack which UK folk/indie rock has been crying out for.

As a long-time fixture in Manchester as part of the same arts scene that produced Elbow and David Gray, the band officially formed in 2010, and has worked their way up from gigs in empty pubs to giant crowds at the Castlefield Arena. Following in the musical lineage of North-West guitar pop, their folk-leaning songs and relentless work ethic are gaining the band a loyal fanbase evidenced by iTunes chart placings and sold out shows.

Vocals - Mark Caldwell
Rhythm Guitar – Matt Brookes
Lead Guitar – Aidy Whyatt
Bass - Neil Armstrong

BAND SOCIALS:

https://www.facebook.com/abandcalledjack/
https://soundcloud.com/abandcalledjackofficial
https://twitter.com/abandcalledjack
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5ATokjgUdJioQDSCxFiQa5?si=KSea41o6SZqp1MctGr8NIA
https://www.instagram.com/abandcalledjack/