THE JIM JONES REVUE
'THE SAVAGE HEART'
NEW ALBUM RELEASED IN NORTH AMERICA TODAY
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The Jim Jones Revuerelease their eagerly anticipated third studio album The Savage Heart in the US and Canada today, through Punk Rock Blues Records (distributed by Redeye). The Savage Heart was produced by Jim Sclavunos (of Grinderman / Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds), mixed by Jim Abiss (Arctic Monkeys, DJ Shadow, The Heavy), with spiritual guidance from the legendary Nick Lowe.
Their most exhilarating work to date, The Savage Heartexpands the sonic remit of The Jim Jones Revue beyond their renowned brand of manic rock ’n’ roll to explore a virtual “heart of darkness” of new musical territory in the form of tribal stomps, field hollers, a capella rave-ups -- even a fuzzed-out feedback-laden doo-wop ballad! The Savage Heartswaggers with all the balls-out rocking of its predecessors, but offers too an expansive vision of the band, with a wider palette of sounds and even socially conscious lyrics. “While the group look back into the roots of rock n’ roll, we’ve never gone backwards in what we do,” says Jim Jones. “It’s always about pushing things forward for us.”
Contributing mightily to the vigorous sound captured on The Savage Heart is Henri Herberton keyboards. Henri, who joined the band in 2011, has diversified the band’s keyboard vocabulary, drawing not just on the likes of Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard but Otis Spann, Pete Johnson and Albert Ammons as well. “He’s the Professor of Piano,” affirms Rupert Orton (guitar). “His wealth of knowledge is astounding. He’s really re-shaped our approach.”
Notorious for their maniacal high-energy shows, The Jim Jones Revue have been described by MOJO as “the greatest rock n’ roll band in the world right now”. Stay tuned for live shows in the US and Canada later this year.
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"The Savage Heart revels in the dark thrills of dark, bawdy rock 'n' roll....(his Revue's) sultry, sinister shuffle is already hard to resist."MOJO
At times, it indeed sounds like these songs are coming from a mythical parallel universe where rock’n’roll is still the key of life. Jones never deviates from his mission to re-energise the form....drenches it in feedback and sets the thing aflame."The Guardian