{"id":17984,"date":"2016-02-10T11:20:33","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T11:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=17984"},"modified":"2016-02-10T11:20:33","modified_gmt":"2016-02-10T11:20:33","slug":"gold-jacks-talk-about-life-universe-phil-collins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/02\/gold-jacks-talk-about-life-universe-phil-collins\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold Jacks Talk About Life, The Universe, and Phil Collins"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Gold<\/h4>\n

Manc band Gold Jacks will perform\u00a0as part of the Playing With Sound Label Launch Night on 26 February, at Night & Day Cafe, Manchester. They’ve\u00a0 just recorded their new single at Parr Street Studios in Liverpool. Playing With Sounds’s Laura Dean band caught up with them and chatted about the new single, working with Record Producer Paul Reeve, being “effortlessly cool”, and Phil Collins..<\/strong>.<\/h4>\n

LD: How did you arrive at the name ‘Gold Jacks’ for the band?<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Liam:<\/b>\u00a0It was just a throw away suggestion if we\u2019re honest, but it kind of stuck. Liam\u2019s granddad was in a band in 60’s called \u2018The Black Jacks\u2019 so it was little nod back to that.<\/p>\n

LD: From Blackthorn Festival to the Deaf Institute, you were busy on the touring front in 2015. What’s been your favourite Gold Jacks gig so far?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Liam:<\/b>\u00a0Yeah, 2015 was quite a busy one on the gig front for us which was good. We released our first self-funded single at the start of the year (\u2018One Kinda Woman\u2019) and then went on into festival season, playing Blackthorn, Beat Herder, Glass Butter Beach and Liverpool Calling amongst others. The standout gig of last year though has to be the \u2018One Kinda\u2019 Woman\u2019 single launch at Night & Day Caf\u00e9. The gig was mad and the place was rammed out.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

James:<\/b>\u00a0Yeah, that gig was ace. I remember at one point this lad was on his mate’s shoulders. It\u2019s really not that kind of venue so it was surreal to see.<\/p>\n

LD: You’ve been dubbed as ‘effortlessly cool’ on more than one occasion – what musician do you think is effortlessly cool?<\/b>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Liam:<\/b>\u00a0If someone wants to call us \u2018effortlessly cool\u2019 we\u2019re not going to stop them! I\u2019m not really sure what it means, but it can\u2019t be a bad thing\u2026can it?! Someone who disobeys indoor smoking laws. That\u2019s dead cool.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

James:<\/b>\u00a0Isaac Hayes. His voice alone made me feel strange in my unders.
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Tom:<\/b>\u00a0Phil Collins.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Gold
\nLD: Your songs all have enticing and strong intros (on ‘Take It Back’ in particular) – is that something you think is of great importance when you’re writing songs?<\/b>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Liam:<\/b>\u00a0The first 8 bars have to grab you. That doesn\u2019t mean they have to be full throttle, with loads of energy but they definitely have to \u2018pull you in\u2019.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

James:<\/b>\u00a0Stu often says that he knows if he\u2019s going to like a song within the first 10 seconds. I think there\u2019s a lot of power in that. But on the flip side I love a good slow burner that\u2019s an unreleased track from a record. You know that the listener has already \u201cBought into the band\u201d so there’s\u2019 no pressure to wow them straight off the bat.<\/p>\n

LD: You’ve definitely put your own stamp on the ‘rock and roll’ genre and intertwine blues into your music, are you a fan of those genres when listening to music yourselves?<\/b>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Liam:<\/b>\u00a0It\u2019s difficult to \u2018pigeon hole\u2019 our sound. We each have different influences and tastes.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

James:<\/b>\u00a0I love everything about the genre, but I rarely listen to it in my spare time. At the moment I\u2019m in a real Jazz-fusioney\/world music place. Listening to stuff that\u2019s a million miles from Gold Jacks really helps let us step outside of the boundaries when it feels right.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Stu:<\/b>\u00a0And I\u2019m a big fan of classic 60’s stuff and soul and I grew up with the Brit pop thing. I think we all have different ideas about what a song should be which keeps us on our toes!<\/p>\n

LD: If you were going to collaborate with an artist of your choice then who would you choose?<\/b>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Liam:<\/b>\u00a0Put me in a studio with Jack White and Josh Homme. No seriously, can we sort that out?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

James:<\/b>\u00a0Jamiroquai. That collab would be total sex.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Liam:<\/b>\u00a0You what J?!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Stu:<\/b>\u00a0Don\u2019t know about collaborating but I wouldn\u2019t mind going for a pint with Josh Homme and Matt Helders from Arctic Monkeys. Seem like my kind of guys.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Tom:<\/b>\u00a0Anyone but Jamiroquai. Phil Collins?<\/p>\n

LD: How has being signed to Playing With Sound influenced you as a band?<\/b>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Liam:<\/b>\u00a0Signing to PWS has given us the great opportunity to record our upcoming single, \u2018On Your Heels\u2019, at the legendary Parr Street Studios in Liverpool. They\u2019ve also helped out with the social media and PR side of things too, so it\u2019s certainly a been a big help so far!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Stu:<\/b>\u00a0And we get to show off the new track. It evolved in the studio so can\u2019t wait to play it live again.<\/p>\n

LD: What are you looking forward to about playing at the Playing With Sound Launch Night later on this month?<\/b>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Liam:<\/b>\u00a0We love playing Night & Day Caf\u00e9 because of its intimate vibe. The crowd are right on the stage with you! We\u2019re looking forward to playing alongside No Hot Ashes too.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Tom:<\/b>\u00a0Phil Collins.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Gold<\/p>\n

LD: You’ve just recorded your new single which is due for release on the Playing With Sound label, what can we expect from it?<\/b>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Liam:<\/b>\u00a0We\u2019re really excited about this one. We\u2019ve been playing it live on-and-off for just under a year now but have been desperate to get it recorded. It\u2019s weird. It has some crazy time signatures, a ton of fuzz, and a load of energy. It started off with a bass riff and we just built on it from there. The song follows the story of a somewhat anti-hero perusing his nemesis. Who needs love stories anyway?!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

James:<\/b>\u00a0It will take you on a real epic journey, but also super slick. It\u2019s like Lord of the Rings in a smoking jacket.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Stu:<\/b>\u00a0Haha, something like that, yeah.<\/p>\n

LD: You recorded the single at Parr Street Studios in Liverpool where Blossoms recently recorded their debut album, how was that?<\/b>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Liam:<\/b>\u00a0The weekend in there was incredible. It was our first real taste of a top-level studio and we were blown away. We\u2019re familiar with the place as a lot of our favourite bands have recorded in there like The \u2018Phonics, The Coral, and Elbow. We even bumped into the lads from The Coral while we were recording which was cool!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Stu:<\/b>\u00a0It\u2019s was awesome to be able to turn up in the morning, fire up this classic Hammond and start coming up with some parts. That\u2019s just not been a possibility before.<\/p>\n

LD: What was it like working with record producer Paul Reeve on the new single? It must have been exciting that he’s worked with Muse and Supergrass.<\/b>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Liam:<\/b>\u00a0Working with Paul was such a good experience. He really made sure the track reached its potential and we can\u2019t thank him enough.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

James:<\/b>\u00a0Yeah that guy knows. He\u2019s one cool mf.<\/p>\n

LD: What else in store for Gold Jacks in 2016?<\/b>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Liam:<\/b>\u00a0After the single launch we\u2019ll be gearing up towards festival season. The back end of the year is still a bit of unknown at this stage but we\u2019d love to release a fully-fledged EP before the year is out.<\/p>\n

Thank you to the Gold Jacks guys for the interview!<\/span><\/p>\n

Details of the Playing With Sound label launch night can be found\u00a0here<\/a>. You can find Gold Jacks online on Twitter<\/a> and Facebook<\/a>. Stream their music on Spotify<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Manc band Gold Jacks speak to Playing With Sound’s Laura Dean about life, the universe, and Phil Collins. They’ll be performing at Playing With Sound’s label launch night on 26 February.<\/p>\n

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