David Emery
Kate Jackson, former frontwoman of the Long Blondes, will release her debut solo album ‘British Road Movies‘ on May 20th.
Since her former band split in 2008, Jackson has spent time as a painter in Rome, but returned to London for recording and writing sessions with producer Bernard Butler at West Heath Studios. She’ll play The Great Escape in Brighton and London’s Rough Trade East in May.
“The road, much written about in American popular song and an American cinematic staple, is often ignored in British culture,” Jackson explains, citing Chris Petit’s 1979 film ‘Radio On’, Patrick Keiller’s Robinson trilogy and the writing of Will Self and Iain Sinclair as chief inspirations.
“As an island our roads lead somewhere far too quickly to hold adventure. We are not the land of Jack Kerouac but of Antiques Road Trip. But who is to say our roads can’t be cinematic?”
Sample first single ‘Metropolis‘ right here:
‘British Road Movies’ tracklist:
‘The End Of Reason’
‘Homeward Bound’
‘Metropolis’
‘Wonder Feeling’
’16 Years’
‘Lie To Me’
‘Stranded’
‘The Atlantic’
‘Last Of The Dreamers’
‘Velvet Sofa From No 26’