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BAND/ARTIST: Tom Jenkins
- Title: Misery in Comfort
- Year Of Release: 2019/2022
- Label: Xtra Mile Recordings Ltd
- Genre: Folk Rock, Singer-Songwriter
- Quality: mp3 320 kbps / flac lossless / flac 24bits - 48.0kHz
- Total Time: 00:48:21
- Total Size: 111 / 326 / 608 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Plans
02. I Would Like to Go There
03. Drovers
04. Wander
05. Inglorious Days
06. Find Me There
07. Tom Jones
08. Underlying Pain
09. Stopped for the Night
10. Another Was Made
11. Already Know
12. Road Dogs
13. Under the Eyes of the Moon
14. I Wanna Know
15. Still Alive
16. Misery in Comfort
Straight Lines have been one of my favourite bands for ten years now. I’ve seen them a number of times and was always blown away but left wondering why they weren’t the biggest band in the world. They had it all; the songs, the musicianship, the look. For some reason it never happened and they disbanded.
So imagine my joy when I found out Tom Jenkins, frontman of aforementioned band, was releasing a solo album. I wasn’t sure what to expect. Would it be a continuation of the sound he’d honed over years of touring, or would it be a stripped back acoustic fair?
I’m pleased to say it’s a mixture of both. The album is fantastic, and really shows the Welsh man at his best.
The album opens with a picked guitar and voice before the rest of the band join in. Over the course of the 16(!) songs, we are treated to acoustic offerings and outright rock songs.
The best part of the album for me is Tom’s voice and lyrics. You’d expect an album with the name ‘Comfort in Misery’ to be a downcast affair, and there are a number of slow songs, but for me it’s overwhelmingly positive! If it had been released a few months ago, there are songs on there that could be considered Summer classics!
His ability to write thought provoking and heart wrenching lyrics has always drawn me in, and it’s no different here!
In Drovers, he sings ‘I’ve been thinking about getting sober, I’ve been thinking about getting over you.’ In Wander, ‘Take a bit of your soul, let it go and just keep on dancing.’ In Tom Jones, he considers what could’ve been… The juxtaposition is obvious in the music too.
The song that sums up the album for me is ‘Underlying Pain.’ In my mind, it addresses mental health and at the end of the catchy tune, a round of applause breaks out.
I cannot big up this album enough and I fear this review has turned into a ramble, but I seriously cannot put into words just how impressive this album is. It’s catchy, wistful and hopeful all in one body of work. Seriously impressive stuff and I hope it’s only the start!
Bio
Tom Jenkins hails from the Hills of the South Wales Valleys. The son of a sheep farmer who made his own path into his musical journey and took all the experiences of living in the ex-coal mining communities and beautiful carved out landscapes of home with him into his songs.
He cut his teeth as the frontman of Straight Lines, a group of school friends that would go onto play shows round the world, release two albums and tour with the likes of Motörhead and The Presidents of the USA to name a few. After a few years on the road, Jenkins returned to his hill farming roots and worked as a traveling shepherd, ending up in New Zealand. He claims the isolation of the outback lead him to write his debut album.
Mixing his unique experiences and unique voice into beautifully, crafted, melodic songs inspired by Country, Folk, Indie-Pop and Emo it wasn’t long before he caught the attention of American producer Elijah Ford and they set about tracking his debut album in Fort Worth, Texas in November 2018.
MISERY IN COMFORT
‘Misery In Comfort’ the debut album by Welsh singer-songwriter Tom Jenkins is like most debuts, a collection of songs gathered over the years. Jenkins laid the foundations for his debut 12,000 miles away from his hometown of Pontypridd in the back country of New Zealand whilst working as a shepherd and a sheep shearer. He claims the solitude of the outback drove him back to picking up a guitar and songwriting. Something he was hoping to leave behind him. After arriving back home at the family farm in the hills of the South Wales Valleys, the songwriting continued but with no real intentions of a release until American singer songwriter & producer Elijah Ford caught wind of the songs and insisted they must do an album together and made the offer to record the album in Fort Worth, Texas. Elijah, the son of legendary Black Crowes guitarist Marc Ford and previously bass player of Oscar & Grammy winning country star Ryan Bingham has his roots firmly set in Americana, country and American rock, thought it would be an interesting idea to combine his background with Tom’s background in British Rock, the South Wales emo scene and being an Xtra Mile artist with his band Straight Lines, sharing a roster with the likes of Frank Turner, Rueben, The Xcerts, Get Cape. Wear cape. Fly. And Jonah Matranga who are all apparent influences in Jenkins’s music. To create a more interesting sound he called upon Luke Preble, bass player and vocalist of British rock underground heroes Canterbury and Lewys Issac (Drums) and Danny Owen (keys) of Cardiff electronic, indie band Safari Gold to add the extra dynamics to the sound. In November 2018 they headed out to Texas to start recording with the intention of creating an authentic, live sounding album, layered with a modern sound but keeping the sound as honest as the lyrical content of the songs painting a picture in the listeners head, edging towards a sound familiar to Band of Horses and The Shins. There’s no need to go into great detail of the lyrical content, the songs are worn on his sleeve and delivered with souring vocals and melodies that will stay in your head for days. ‘Misery In Comfort’ is a passion project that screams the very sense of the word passion. It’ll make you smile, it’ll make you cry and even dance at some points.
01. Plans
02. I Would Like to Go There
03. Drovers
04. Wander
05. Inglorious Days
06. Find Me There
07. Tom Jones
08. Underlying Pain
09. Stopped for the Night
10. Another Was Made
11. Already Know
12. Road Dogs
13. Under the Eyes of the Moon
14. I Wanna Know
15. Still Alive
16. Misery in Comfort
Straight Lines have been one of my favourite bands for ten years now. I’ve seen them a number of times and was always blown away but left wondering why they weren’t the biggest band in the world. They had it all; the songs, the musicianship, the look. For some reason it never happened and they disbanded.
So imagine my joy when I found out Tom Jenkins, frontman of aforementioned band, was releasing a solo album. I wasn’t sure what to expect. Would it be a continuation of the sound he’d honed over years of touring, or would it be a stripped back acoustic fair?
I’m pleased to say it’s a mixture of both. The album is fantastic, and really shows the Welsh man at his best.
The album opens with a picked guitar and voice before the rest of the band join in. Over the course of the 16(!) songs, we are treated to acoustic offerings and outright rock songs.
The best part of the album for me is Tom’s voice and lyrics. You’d expect an album with the name ‘Comfort in Misery’ to be a downcast affair, and there are a number of slow songs, but for me it’s overwhelmingly positive! If it had been released a few months ago, there are songs on there that could be considered Summer classics!
His ability to write thought provoking and heart wrenching lyrics has always drawn me in, and it’s no different here!
In Drovers, he sings ‘I’ve been thinking about getting sober, I’ve been thinking about getting over you.’ In Wander, ‘Take a bit of your soul, let it go and just keep on dancing.’ In Tom Jones, he considers what could’ve been… The juxtaposition is obvious in the music too.
The song that sums up the album for me is ‘Underlying Pain.’ In my mind, it addresses mental health and at the end of the catchy tune, a round of applause breaks out.
I cannot big up this album enough and I fear this review has turned into a ramble, but I seriously cannot put into words just how impressive this album is. It’s catchy, wistful and hopeful all in one body of work. Seriously impressive stuff and I hope it’s only the start!
Bio
Tom Jenkins hails from the Hills of the South Wales Valleys. The son of a sheep farmer who made his own path into his musical journey and took all the experiences of living in the ex-coal mining communities and beautiful carved out landscapes of home with him into his songs.
He cut his teeth as the frontman of Straight Lines, a group of school friends that would go onto play shows round the world, release two albums and tour with the likes of Motörhead and The Presidents of the USA to name a few. After a few years on the road, Jenkins returned to his hill farming roots and worked as a traveling shepherd, ending up in New Zealand. He claims the isolation of the outback lead him to write his debut album.
Mixing his unique experiences and unique voice into beautifully, crafted, melodic songs inspired by Country, Folk, Indie-Pop and Emo it wasn’t long before he caught the attention of American producer Elijah Ford and they set about tracking his debut album in Fort Worth, Texas in November 2018.
MISERY IN COMFORT
‘Misery In Comfort’ the debut album by Welsh singer-songwriter Tom Jenkins is like most debuts, a collection of songs gathered over the years. Jenkins laid the foundations for his debut 12,000 miles away from his hometown of Pontypridd in the back country of New Zealand whilst working as a shepherd and a sheep shearer. He claims the solitude of the outback drove him back to picking up a guitar and songwriting. Something he was hoping to leave behind him. After arriving back home at the family farm in the hills of the South Wales Valleys, the songwriting continued but with no real intentions of a release until American singer songwriter & producer Elijah Ford caught wind of the songs and insisted they must do an album together and made the offer to record the album in Fort Worth, Texas. Elijah, the son of legendary Black Crowes guitarist Marc Ford and previously bass player of Oscar & Grammy winning country star Ryan Bingham has his roots firmly set in Americana, country and American rock, thought it would be an interesting idea to combine his background with Tom’s background in British Rock, the South Wales emo scene and being an Xtra Mile artist with his band Straight Lines, sharing a roster with the likes of Frank Turner, Rueben, The Xcerts, Get Cape. Wear cape. Fly. And Jonah Matranga who are all apparent influences in Jenkins’s music. To create a more interesting sound he called upon Luke Preble, bass player and vocalist of British rock underground heroes Canterbury and Lewys Issac (Drums) and Danny Owen (keys) of Cardiff electronic, indie band Safari Gold to add the extra dynamics to the sound. In November 2018 they headed out to Texas to start recording with the intention of creating an authentic, live sounding album, layered with a modern sound but keeping the sound as honest as the lyrical content of the songs painting a picture in the listeners head, edging towards a sound familiar to Band of Horses and The Shins. There’s no need to go into great detail of the lyrical content, the songs are worn on his sleeve and delivered with souring vocals and melodies that will stay in your head for days. ‘Misery In Comfort’ is a passion project that screams the very sense of the word passion. It’ll make you smile, it’ll make you cry and even dance at some points.
Year 2022 | Pop | Folk | Rock | FLAC / APE | Mp3 | HD & Vinyl
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