Okay so my first review of a single and I've decided to do one from an artist from my hometown Nottingham.
Jake Bugg is a young songwriter/singer/guitarist from Clifton, Nottingham. I think he is in the process of recording his first album. I've been lucky enough to be hear him play guitar but he wasn't aware that I was listening! It was in a guitar shop in the city centre of Nottingham called Fuzz (it has now moved to West Bridgford... kind of). He played a telecaster, it sounded great.
He is playing live at Splendour, the festival hosted at Wollaton Park in Nottingham as well as headlining his own show at Rescue Rooms (also in Nottingham). I'm lucky enough to be going to both events.
Now, Lightning Bolt. It is a recent song. Performed on the BBC's Jools Holland. It has a lot of attitude. The song is based around a 3 piece band, one guitar, one set of drums and a bass guitar. The guitar piece, played by Jake Bugg (obviously) has a nice 3 chord rhythm as well as a very cool guitar solo. The band comes in after a few rounds of the chords. The band sound great when added to the guitar and overall the package is great.
The lyrics are also rather good. Well worked out I find, I won't try to delve into meanings because they're the listeners interpretations.
As ever, Jake Bugg's voice is great. Got to have one of the best in British music right now.
It is a great effort by Jake Bugg. I really enjoyed the song and it is cheap. So go buy it.
Inabit.
SJ.
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