Jack Penate biography
Jack Fabian Peí帶te (; born September 2, 1984, Blackheath, London) is an English musician and singer-songwriter signed to XL Recordings.
Early life
Jack Peí帶te attended St. Olave's Preparatory School, New Eltham until he left to attend Alleyn's School when he was 18 years of age. Following secondary school he undertook a bachelor's degree in Ancient World Studies at University College London, but dropped out at the end of the second year as interest from record labels grew. His grandfather was Mervyn Peake, author of the
Gormenghast books.
Music
Peí帶te made his way up the ranks of the club and bar scene of London before he was signed by record label XL Recordings. He released his first promo single in October 2006, "Second, Minute or Hour" along with its b-side track, "Got My Favourite". This single was released by the record label Young Turks, as a 1000-only limited 7 inch, each containing a different Polaroid photograph, taken of Peí帶te. And in April 2007 he released the "Spit At Stars EP". In addition to the title track, this featured "My Yvonne", "Cold Thin Line" and a cover of Darondo Pulliam and Darondo's "Didn't I". The CD edition of the EP also included the first song he ever wrote, "Jack Of All Trades", which he wrote with his band at school called "Jack's Basement". He has appeared on XFM radio's "Xposure" and his first two singles were both Single of the Week on BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe's show.
On 10 August 2007, he announced that his album would be released on 1 October and be titled Matinée. However, on 7 September, this date was pushed back to 8 October, because more time was needed to "finish off all the bits of artwork for the inside cover and because my neck is playing up again." Peí帶te also stated that "I've been told it's now in production so hopefully there won't be any more delays." The album debuted at number seven in the UK album charts.
On 3 January 2009, XFM played a new track by Peí帶te called "Tonight's Today", the song ended up being the first single from his second album Everything Is New.
On 24 August 2009, Peí帶te released his single "Pull My Heart Away". This single was also available for free single of the week download on the Australian iTunes. This track was also played in the credits of the 2010 film Charlie St. Cloud. He has also announced an autumn tour that will take him to cities including Dublin, Belfast, Glasgow, and Manchester.
At Peí帶te's concerts, it is customary that audience members enter the stage while the song "Torn On The Platform" is performed. One such stage invasion at the Oxford Zodiac on 22 April 2007 resulted in a fan stealing Peí帶te's distortion pedal. After he'd realised it was missing he proclaimed, "D'you know what? Whoever's got it... keep it! Just make sure you play a Telecaster through it and not a Gibson!"
- Peí帶te was featured on BBC Three's coverage of the Glastonbury Festival on Friday 22 June 2007.
- He has appeared at the Carling Weekend in Reading and Leeds. Two days after his performances at both festivals, he announced on a message on his MySpace that he would have to cancel two gigs the following week, due to severe damage to his throat which also resulted in him reducing his set length at the previous weekend's Carling Weekend.
- On 8 December 2007 he performed on the Later... with Jools Holland show sharing a bill with David Gray, Rilo Kiley, The Coral, Cleo Laine and John Dankworth, amongst others.
- During the summer of 2008, Jack Peí帶te played several live concerts with guest guitars from old school friend Felix White. This included Peí帶te's set at Reading of August this year.
- Peí帶te has played gigs all over the UK on tour and has previously shared dates with his good friends Adele, and The Maccabees. Peí帶te played at the 2007 Oxegen festival in Kildare, Ireland.
- Peí帶te was one of the contributors to the "Janie Jones" charity cover single.
- He was featured at music night 'Songs in the Dark' run by Jeremy Warmsley and Simon Mastrantone.
- Jack Peí帶te performed a cover of La Roux's "Bulletproof" at the Radio 1 Live Lounge.
- On 3 July 2009, he played at The Roundhouse in Camden Town, as part of the iTunes live festivals month.
- Jack Peí帶te, along with Chairlift, opened for The xx at the Central Park Summer Stage on Sunday, August 8, 2010.
Discography
Singles
- 2006: "Second, Minute or Hour" (original release)
- 2007: "Spit at Stars"
- 2007: "Torn on the Platform" UK #7, UK Indie #1
- 2007: "Second, Minute or Hour" - 24 September 2007 UK #17, UK Indie #1
- 2007: "Have I Been a Fool" - 10 December 2007 UK #73, UK Indie #3
- 2009: "Tonight's Today" - 30 March 2009 UK #23
- 2009: "Be the One" - 15 June 2009 UK#35, UK Indie #3
- 2009: "Pull My Heart Away" UK #99
Albums
- 2007: Matinée - 8 October 2007 UK #7, UK Independent Label Albums #1
- 2009: Everything Is New - 22 June 2009 UK #16
References
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