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Jono McCleery

Seeds Of A Dandelion

    Jono McCleery - a man blessed with a truly magical, heart-melting soul voice and skills on the guitar to match - releases a suite of acoustic cover versions of songs that date from 1941 to 2013, encompassing works by Billie Holiday, Scott Walker, Jeff Buckley, Rufus Wainwright, Atoms For Peace, Beyoncé and Peven Everett with Roy Davis Jr.

    For fans of Nicky Mulvey, Fink, Jose Gonzalez.

    Recorded over 10 days at Urchin Studio in East London - Tim Rowkins took on recording, production and mixing duties (as he did on Jono’s 2015 album ‘Pagodes’) whilst Dan See (Jamie Woon / Nick Mulvey), Milo Fitzpatrick (Portico Quartet) and Steve Pringle (Michael Kiwanuka) provided drums / percussion, bass and keys / organ respectively.

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    Gabriel
    Brand New Start
    Know Who You Are At Every Age
    Dinner At Eight
    Morning Theft
    Ingenue
    God Bless The Child
    Halo
    Old Man’s Back Again
    Wild Is The Wind
    Dream Letter
    La Ritournelle

    Jono McCleery

    Pagodes

      Jono McCleery’s ever growing fanbase will be thrilled to hear that the Rotterdam-based singer songwriter has produced his definitive album. Pagodes is the deepest, most powerful work to date by a musician whose work has been described as like “Miles Davis, Massive Attack, John Martyn, Fink, and Radiohead wrapped up in one exquisitely produced sound.”

      His second album 'There Is', released in 2011, began his association with Counter Records, and brought him widespread critical acclaim. New album 'Pagodes' is a collaborative release with London record store If Music.

      Several years of hard work making 'Pagodes' has paid off in spades. It’s an album that’s difficult to turn away from, full of beautiful melody, futuristic production flourishes and lyrics that don’t shy away from darkness, but always alight on uplifting conclusion.

      Opener "This Idea of Us" is a smouldering torch ballad, its string arrangement lending it gripping drama. Robert Wyatt’s "Age of Self" comes off as a song McCleery was born to sing, its lyrical content as relevant today as it was 30 years ago. The album moves into infectious percussive swing and melodic loops with "Ballade," a song that could have come from the LA-jazz hotbed surrounding Flying Lotus.

      'Pagodes' marries all of this thrilling diversity via McCleery’s existential musings and his startling voice and playing. It’s unlikely you’ll hear an album of such power from another singer songwriter anytime soon.

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      This Idea Of Us
      Age Of Self
      Since I
      Painted Blue
      Ballade
      Clarity
      Halfway
      Bet She Does
      Fire In My Hands
      Desperate Measure
      Pardon Me
      So Long


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