Biography

”Diffidently gruff, intense & mesmeric performer of songs that explore love, life & misery with savagely melodic style” Time Out

Jack Roberts has drawn comparison to heavyweights Tom Waits, Barry Adamson & Leonard Cohen with his growling vocals and powerful songwriting. Liverpool’s musical maverick is back with jaunty anthem 'Heart Attack' - the lead-single taken from his anticipated second studio album ‘The Romance, The Row, The Wreck’ due in winter 2011 on rising London indie label Tip Top Recordings.

Jack Roberts’ music combines filmic epics, raucous punk and a subtle folk and blues sound. Making his mark in the Merseyside band scene Jack Roberts signed to Sony to produce his debut 1994 LP ‘Longer On A Message’. The acclaimed album featured singles Radio, Taxi and Any Day Now – songs that proved hits at Jack’s Glastonbury appearance on the Acoustic Stage and led to tour support slots with the likes of Crash Test Dummies, Robyn Hitchcock, Jah Wobble, Tragically Hip, Jeff Healey, The Christians Thomas Lange and Horse before playing The Royal Albert Hall and Echo Arena (where he performed the Beatles classic ‘Ticket to Ride’ to 10,000 people).

Having recently supported Nick Harper, Son Of Dave, Brute Chorus, Rachel Sage and Ruarri Joseph, Roberts is now known for his avant-garde performances with everything from a bicycle pump to a biscuit tin, his jail bird stripy tops and trademark gruff yet mammoth vocal range his comeback is finally on with his second full length solo record. The prowling emotive Heart Attack is the lead single with arresting piano beginnings and mournful trumpet suddenly lifting as vocals and violin kick a dark shanty to resuscitated life. Heart Attack - recently sound-tracking a Ricky Hatton documentary - is a blasting introduction to the upcoming album, which is built upon left field energy and dark curious storytelling full of the contradiction of wit and pain.

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