Normally, if the word ‘Slap Bass’ is uttered in a sentence, especially one which is featured in a music review, its relatively simple to then dismiss the album as a piece of contemporary jazz rubbish as parodied on programs like The Mighty Boosh or similar.
Read on though, I beg you, as although Just Jack’s album sampler features the said phrase in abundance, it’s not in the context of polo-neck wearing, coffee drinking jazz enthusiasts (sorry!)
but rather of one singer extraordinaire from North London Jack Allsopp.
With it’s funky disco beats, and simple, honest lyrics in the style of The Streets’ Mike Skinner, it’s no surprise that debut single ‘Writer’s Block’, from the album ‘Overtones’ is being championed by Radio 1’s Sarah Cox, for its slick grooves and catchy slap bass (yes, there’s that word again!) rhythms. The four other tracks on the mini EP are all equally as compelling from the R and B inspired ‘I Talk To Much’ to the dark lyrics of ‘Starz In Their Eyes’, chronicling what happens once former stars fall from glory.
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A fantastically strong and different album sampler from a singer who you’ll no doubt be hearing a lot more from in the following months!
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