Jake Bugg targeting ‘more up-tempo songs’ for second album


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Jake Bugg (Photo: Andy Crossland for Live4ever Media)




Jake Bugg has said he is chasing a more ‘up-tempo’ sound while working on the follow-up to his self-titled debut album.

Speaking to the Daily Star, Bugg revealed that while there will still be a focus on the acoustic-led country which permeates his first record, he also feels he is now in need of more highly charged tracks to add to his catalogue.

“I’m in need of more up-tempo songs with fast-sounding lyrics at the moment, but there’ll be some mid-tempo, vibey tracks on the next album and some of my acoustic stuff will stay too,” he said.

“I want to give an insight to the same people who liked the first record about what my life is like now. That’s not really a change from my first album, because all I’m doing is writing about my life. I’d never left Nottingham when I wrote those first songs, but I’ve travelled the world and hopefully people can relate to what I’ve gone through.”

Bugg aired two new songs – ‘Slumville Sunrise‘ and ‘All Your Reasons‘ – as he performed before The Rolling Stones during the second weekend of the British Summertime Festival at London’s Hyde Park.

“Whether people still like it is up to them, but it’d be dishonest if I tried to write about life on a council estate again,” Bugg continues. “All I can do is stick to describing what my life is like, same as before, and do it honestly.”


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