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Just Jack returns with new single 'Alchemist' ahead of new EP

His Life Lessons EP will be released on Elton John's Rocket Records

 

Just Jack returns with new single 'Alchemist' ahead of new EP Photo: Press

It’s been a little while since we’ve heard anything from Just Jack, but new single ‘Alchemist’ and the announcement of a new EP mark the return of the Camden-born singer/songwriter.

Written about “the internal and external battles you have when you’re bringing up kids,” ‘Alchemist’ is a mellow offering that sticks to the monotone Just Jack formula we all fell in love with when he exploded onto the scene back in 2007 with his smash hit ‘Starz In Their Eyez’.

‘Alchemist’ is taken from Jack's upcoming new EP Life Lessons. Set to be released on Elton John’s Rocket Records, with support from his Rocket Hour Beats 1 Radio show, the EP is the follow-up to 2014’s Winning EP. Recorded and produced by Jack in his Brighton studio with frequent collaborator Jon Cox, it was apparently written on a diet of Frank Ocean, Pete Rock, Francis and the Lights, Leon Vynehall, Glen Campbell and The Beatles.

Life Lessons tracklisting:

Alchemist
Bluer Than A Bruise
Krystal Skull
Lonely Telephone
Little Friend


Life Lessons will be released on 6 May. 


Will Lavin

Contributor

“Music is life,” says Hip Hop Music & Lifestyle Specialist Will Lavin. A sentiment permanently inked into his skin with a full sleeve of tattooed musical icons that includes Prince, Marvin Gaye, Barry White, Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson. Inspired by music at an early age and donning the name ill Will, he has written for UK publications such as Blues & Soul, Touch, Undercover, RWD, Gigwise, MOBO, Soul Culture, Time Out, and the International Business Times, as well as the American mags VIBE, XXL, King, and Complex. Interviewing names such as Chaka Khan, Akon, Kevin Hart, Ice Cube, Robin Thicke and Chris Brown - to name but a few - he was also a part of the BBC's Sound of the Year polls in 2007 and 2008 and is a music pundit for SKY News, BBC World News and Channel 5 News.

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