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Jake Bugg is back with a new single called 'On My One', which is taken from his forthcoming third album. You can stream the single below and it's available for free download here.
"I'm just a poor boy from Nottingham/ I had my dreams but they're gone they're gone," warbles Bugg in the opening lines of his new cut, which seems inspired by the mid 20th century American blues like Leadbelly.
There's a morbid, dreary feel to the song, and it's stripped back with minimal percussion, an ominous bass sound, and twangy guitar groove. His voice is elevated in the mix and allows the fragile lyrics to really shine. At only 2 minutes 15 seconds, it's short and sweet and begs to be replayed as soon it ends.
This mood of the new song relates to how Bugg described his new material in an interview with NME this time last year, when he said it would be darker. This acoustic song though is unlikely to representative of the forthcoming third album album as a whole.
Speaking about the new material In an interview with Q in November, Bugg said: "There's songs people can actually dance to. I've been listening to [UK station] Smooth Radio. Those songs from the '70s, there was a warmth about them that you don't get in pop nowadays.
"My mates back in Clifton [Nottingham] listen to grime and hip-hop, but if I can take some cool hip-hop elements but mix them with guitar as well, then I feel like it's still me. I think this album is very diverse, every track's different, but hopefully there's still enough to please the old fans as well."
But things may have changed since that interview and we will just have to wait and see.
Meanwhile, Bugg has been added to the line up for BBC Radio 1 and Annie Mac's special broadcast from London's O2 Forum next week (29 February). He will appear on the bill alongside The 1975 and Lady Leshurr.
