Turrentine Jones

Turrentine Jones

Turrentine Jones performing at Sziget Festival in Budapest on 16 August 2015
Background information
Origin Manchester, United Kingdom
Genres
Years active 2012—present
Website www.turrentinejones.info
Members Julian "Jules" Neville
Joe "Chilly" Chilstone-Vause
Rich "Watto" Watts

Turrentine Jones are an English indie rock band formed in 2012 in Manchester, UK. The band consists of Julian Neville (guitar/vocals), Joe Chilstone-Vause (bass) and Rich Watts (drums/backing vocals). They have released one studio album: Our Days (2014) and one live album Live in York (2015) as well as two singles.

The band cites Booker T. & the MG's, The Mar-Keys and the Rolling Stones as influences.

The band has been labelled a “Future Classic” and described as “infectious blues-rock” by national radio station, Real Radio XS and proclaimed by Hattie Pearson of XFM to be “one of Manchester’s finest exports in recent times.”[1][2]

All the music and lyrics for Turrentine Jones' songs are written by the band's frontman Julian Neville.

History

Early years (2011-12)

Neville moved from Australia to the United Kingdom in 2009, where he had performed as a solo acoustic singer-songwriter supporting the likes of David Knopfler of Dire Straits and Colin Hay of Men At Work. After several line-up changes, demo releases and low-key gigs in London and Manchester, Turrentine Jones officially settled on a line-up in 2012 which consisted of Julian Neville, Thomas Scotson and Rich Watts.

BBC Introducing, Glastonbury Festival (2013)

Turrentine Jones performing live at Glastonbury in 2013

In 2013 the band performed on the BBC Introducing stage at Glastonbury Festival, one of the largest UK festivals, and were the third most shared act of the day on the BBC website.[3] The Telegraph's Rupert Hawksley and Florence Waters highlighted the buzz surrounding the group during their coverage of the festival.[4][5] During their performance of the song Slam the Door, Rich Watts wore the optical head-mounted Google Glass. According to The Guardian's Jemima Kiss the band became the first to perform on stage using this new technology.[6]

Our Days, Rough Trade, XFM (2013-14)

Shortly after performing at Glastonbury Festival, the band signed a publishing deal with Rough Trade and began recording their debut LP in January 2014. The album was recorded at Cottonmouth Studios, an analogue studio in Salford. Produced by Chris Hamilton, the album was released on August 11, 2014 and called ‘Our Days’.[7] The first single from the album, ‘Moonlight Is On Yer Side’, was released in June 2014 and featured in a global TV advert for Etnies in the United States.[8]

The album received instant praise, debuting on BBC Introducing and was hailed a "magnificent debut.." by Natalie-Eve Williams.[9] "Moonlight Is On Yer Side" received airplay on over 40 stations across the UK and was labelled a ‘Future Classic’ by national UK radio station, Real Radio XS.[10] Turrentine Jones also performed on Future Classics Live, an official show for Real Radio XS to see "talent of tomorrow before they hit the big time".[11]

On 19 November, Turrentine Jones released their second single, Love Heard You Coming from the debut album Our Days and accompanying music video. The music video featured several notable industry figures and UK radio presenters including Loz Guest (Kerrang! Radio/Planet Rock), Sarah Champion (Absolute Radio), Vicki Blight (Absolute Radio), Johnny Doom (Kerrang! Radio), Jake Thomson (Kerrang! Radio), Tim Cocker (XFM) as well as actor and actresses Ben Batt (Shameless, The Go Between) and Rebecca Atkinson (Shameless) respectively.[12]

Turrentine Jones were XFMs 'Band of the Month' for November, featuring regularly on the Evening Show with Danielle Perry.[13]

Sziget Festival (2015-Present)

In 2015, the band focused largely on festivals across the UK and Europe; performing at Dot To Dot Festival in both Manchester and Nottingham, Tramlines Festival and Monmouth Music Festival.[14] Internationally, the band appeared on the British Knights' Stage at Sziget Festival in Budapest, Europe’s largest music festival on August 16, 2015.[15] The band received an overwhelming majority of votes (3657) during a competition run by one of the festival’s official partners; beating 300 bands across Europe to first place.[16]

On 19 January 2016, Turrentine Jones announced they would be collaborating with fans on their second studio album for release later in the year.[17]

On 8 February, following on from the success of the previous summer, Turrentine Jones were confirmed for Kendal Calling, their first appearance at the UK music festival.[18]

On 7 April, Turrentine Jones were announced for this years' Isle of Wight Festival to perform alongside The Who, Queen amongst others. This would be their first appearance at the festival and a major milestone for the band having performed at Glastonbury Festival, Sziget Festival and confirmed for Kendal Calling this year.[19][20]

Band name

Julian Neville explains that the name Turrentine Jones came from "fictional names like Quentin Turrentine and Stanley Jones" (parodies of Quentin Tarantino and Brian Jones, respectively) made up by their friends. When the band came up with "Turrentine Jones", Neville wrote it down.[21]

According to a BBC interview: "Neville and the band have been cagey about what the name of the act means, and each live interview is an opportunity to dress it up however they feel at the time."[22]

Endorsement

Turrentine Jones are endorsed by Rotosound, Peavey and Cornell boutique valve amplifiers.

Band members

Current members
Touring members
Former members

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Singles

References

  1. ↑ "Turrentine Jones are one of Manchester’s most recent and finest exports". Hattie Pearson. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Drivetime with Paul Carlin". Real Radio XS. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Turrentine Jones the 3rd most shared act on the BBC Glastonbury website". BBC Manchester Music. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "Glastonbury 2013, day two: as it happened". Telegraph. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  5. ↑ "Move over The Rolling Stones!". BBC Introducing. 25 June 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  6. ↑ "This is Turrentine Jones on stage at Glastonbury - drummer's eye view from Google Glass! Is this a first?". Jemima Kiss. 1 July 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  7. ↑ "We're pleased to announce the signing of Manchester band Turrentine Jones.". Rough Trade Publishing. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  8. ↑ "Gone global - Turrentine Jones to feature in advert for Etnies". Turrentine Jones. 24 April 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  9. ↑ "BBC Introducing in Manchester". BBC Introducing. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  10. ↑ "Drivetime with Paul Carlin". Real Radio XS. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  11. ↑ "Future Classics Live". Real Radio XS. 19 June 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  12. ↑ "New music video - Love Heard You Coming". Turrentine Jones. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  13. ↑ "Turrentine Jones feature on the Evening Show with Danielle Perry". XFM. 12 November 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  14. ↑ "Couldn't believe that there were just 3 of them". Monmouth. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  15. ↑ "Festival program for Szigest Festival 2015". Sziget. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  16. ↑ "Turrentine Jones to perform on the Europe Stage at Sziget Festival 2015". Sziget. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  17. ↑ "Turrentine Jones to collaborate with fans on second record". Kendal Calling. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  18. ↑ "Line-up - Kendal Calling". Kendal Calling. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  19. ↑ "Turrentine Jones confirmed for Isle of Wight Festival". Turrentine Jones. 07 April 2016. Retrieved 07 April 2016. Check date values in: |access-date=, |date= (help)
  20. ↑ "Showcasing the best breakthrough acts and new music". Isle of Wight Festival. 07 April 2016. Retrieved 07 April 2016. Check date values in: |access-date=, |date= (help)
  21. ↑ "Julian Neville talks Glastonbury, day jobs and keeping grounded with Anna O'Neill of the BBC". Anna O'Neill. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  22. ↑ "Julian Neville talks Glastonbury, day jobs and keeping grounded with Anna O'Neill of the BBC". Anna O'Neill. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.

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