| Jack Peñate | |
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Jack Peñate performing at Glastonbury Festival 2008 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Jack Peñate |
| Born | September 2, 1984 |
| Origin | Blackheath, London, England |
| Genres | Alternative, soul, rockabilly, pop, indie rock |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter, musician |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Labels | XL, Young Turks |
| Associated acts | Jack's Basement The Maccabees Talk Taxis |
| Website | Official site Official MySpace |
| Members | |
| Jack Peñate - vocals and guitar Joel Porter - bass guitar Alex Robins - drums |
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Jack Fabian Peñate ( /pənˈjɑːteɪ/; born 2 September 1984, Blackheath, London) is an English musician and singer-songwriter signed to XL Recordings.
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Jack Peñate attended St. Olave's Preparatory School, New Eltham until he left to attend Alleyn's School when he was 18 years of age. Following secondary school he undertook a bachelor's degree in Ancient World Studies at University College London, but dropped out at the end of the second year as interest from record labels grew. His grandfather was Mervyn Peake, author of the Gormenghast books.[1]
Peñate made his way up the ranks of the club and bar scene of London before he was signed by record label XL Recordings. He released his first promo single in October 2006, "Second Minute or Hour" along with its b-side track, "Got My Favourite". This single was released by the record label Young Turks, as a 1000-only limited 7 inch, each containing a different Polaroid photograph, taken of Peñate. And in April 2007 he released the "Spit At Stars EP". In addition to the title track, this featured "My Yvonne", "Cold Thin Line" and a cover of Darondo Pulliam and Al Turner's "Didn't I". The CD edition of the EP also included the first song he ever wrote, "Jack Of All Trades", which he wrote with his band at school called "Jack's Basement". He has appeared on XFM radio's "Xposure" and his first two singles were both Single of the Week on BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe's show.
On 10 August 2007, he announced that his album would be released on 1 October and be titled Matinée. However, on 7 September, this date was pushed back to 8 October, because more time was needed to "finish off all the bits of artwork for the inside cover and because my neck is playing up again." Peñate also stated that "I've been told it's now in production so hopefully there won't be any more delays." The album debuted at number seven in the UK album charts.
On 3 January 2009, XFM played a new track by Peñate called "Tonight's Today", the song ended up being the first single from his second album Everything Is New.
On 24 August 2009, Peñate released his single "Pull My Heart Away".[2] This single was also available for free single of the week download on the Australian iTunes. This track was also played in the credits of the film Charles St Cloud.[3] He has also announced an autumn tour that will take him to cities including Dublin, Belfast, Glasgow, and Manchester.[4]
At Peñate's concerts, it is customary that audience members enter the stage while the song "Torn On The Platform" is performed. One such stage invasion at the Oxford Zodiac on 22 April 2007 resulted in a fan stealing Peñate's distortion pedal. After he'd realised it was missing he proclaimed, “D’you know what? Whoever's got it... keep it! Just make sure you play a Telecaster through it and not a Gibson!” [5]
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