{"id":1915,"date":"2018-01-17T14:25:49","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T14:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/?p=1915"},"modified":"2018-01-17T14:25:49","modified_gmt":"2018-01-17T14:25:49","slug":"jack-cooper-fat-old-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/?p=1915","title":{"rendered":"Jack Cooper &#8216;Fat Old Sun&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>JACK COOPER unleashes a cool Floyd cover ahead of tour<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jack Cooper &quot;Fat Old Sun&quot; by TroubleInMind\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F384449765&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=960&#038;maxwidth=640&#038;secret_token=s-uKbyN\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>He says of the cover, &#8220;I was selling merch at the last show of my US tour and a guy who had bought a record told me that the live band sounded like <em>Meddle<\/em>-era Pink Floyd. In hindsight I should&#8217;ve hugged him because as far as compliments go, that&#8217;s the best I&#8217;ve ever had. I think that post-Syd and pre-<em>Dark Side<\/em>\u00a0Pink Floyd were such an interesting band&#8230; weird, English, pastoral, loose, economic and occasionally perfect. I love Syd Barrett and most things up to <em>The Wall<\/em> but I think that mid-era is the most fascinating. I love recording covers and in learning this I gained some fresh perspective on simplicity.&#8221;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1916\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Image-17-01-2018-at-14.21-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Image-17-01-2018-at-14.21-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Image-17-01-2018-at-14.21-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Image-17-01-2018-at-14.21-768x1087.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Image-17-01-2018-at-14.21-100x141.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Image-17-01-2018-at-14.21-150x212.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Image-17-01-2018-at-14.21-200x283.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Image-17-01-2018-at-14.21-300x424.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Image-17-01-2018-at-14.21-450x637.jpg 450w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Image-17-01-2018-at-14.21-600x849.jpg 600w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Image-17-01-2018-at-14.21-900x1273.jpg 900w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Image-17-01-2018-at-14.21.jpg 1753w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Awash with that timeless brand of classic songwriting that runs through the ages&#8221; \u00a0&#8211; 8\/10 <em>Loud And Quiet<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHushed, steady and perfect &#8230; the understated emotion of these brilliant performances are truly carried by Cooper as a guitarist\u201d &#8211; 5\/5, <em>Shindig!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;full of gentle beauty and winsome charm.. an impressive step in the musical evolution of Jack Cooper.&#8221; &#8211;<em> Dork<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cRecalling the folk balladry of Bill Fay and Scott Walker, Sandgrown imbues even the most mundane memories with a sense of yearning&#8221; &#8211;\u00a0<em>Uncut<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Sandgrown<\/em>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Jack Cooper\u00a0of\u00a0Ultimate Painting\u2019s\u00a0first solo record &#8211; is nine concisely beautiful songs inspired by his hometown of Blackpool and his upbringing on England\u2019s Fylde Coast.<\/p>\n<p>Evoking the delicate but often widescreen musicality of\u00a0Bill Fay\u00a0and the abstract lyricism of the late 60s\u00a0Scott Walker\u00a0records, as well as the more experimental sounds of\u00a0John Cale\u00a0and\u00a0Robert Wyatt,\u00a0<em>Sandgrown&#8217;s\u00a0<\/em>tranquil ballads\u00a0evoke feelings of nostalgia and re-evaluation about where you come from, wherever that may be.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone\u2019s from somewhere,\u201d says Jack. \u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s particularly important people know this album is about Blackpool, but I think everyone can empathise with the themes on the record.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jack spent the first 13 years of his life living in the rural village of Poulton-le-Fylde, about five miles outside Blackpool. On moving into town, he spent his summers as a deckchair attendant, soaking up the community of people who lived and worked around the seafront \u2013 lifeguards, carnival workers, donkey owners, skateboarders, transients and hippies. \u201cThere were just a lot of interesting people around all the time\u2026 weirdos who were drawn to the seaside in the summer. Winter would come and you had this huge community of people who didn\u2019t really know what to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>By the time Jack was 15, Blackpool\u2019s role as a holiday destination was dwindling due to the introduction of cheap air travel to Europe. Stacks of deckchairs were increasingly left unused, and in the winter months it became a place of drugs, seedy bars and people struggling to get by without the tourist trade. As the Blackpool he knew slipped away, 20-year-old Jack moved to Manchester where he soon began playing in bands and recording.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sandgrown\u00a0<\/em>is about those formative years and the creation of it: \u201cI\u2019ve been trying to do this record since I was about 18\u2026 I bought my first 4-track with the proceeds of a summer working on the promenade and I guess I got sidetracked along the way. I\u2019ve been listening to Terry Allen\u2019s \u2018Lubbock (On Everything)\u2019 a lot and I wanted to make something that painted a picture of a place as vividly as that. I love how Frank Sinatra\u2019s \u2018Watertown\u2019 feels so cinematic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Uninhibited by band members for the first time was a freeing experience for Cooper. \u201cRecording on my own liberated me to sing more like I actually sing. I think I&#8217;ve spent a long time in loud bands singing in a way that can be heard through music,\u201d Jack says. \u201cThe songs that I wrote for Sandgrown suit my voice more than anything I&#8217;ve done before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Working within the confines of a 4-track cassette machine, Jack has produced his most satisfying work to date:\u00a0\u201cI love the physicality of working on tape. I\u2019ve always had a 4-track but I sought out a particular machine. I\u2019m not a huge Bruce Springsteen fan but I love the sound of Nebraska\u2026 I needed that specific machine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Order <em>Sandgrown<\/em>:\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/onebeatdigital.us4.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=dbf9d104f4e73212f58498d38&amp;id=8ad2b2f3a8&amp;e=f7e9ef7891\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&amp;q=http:\/\/www.troubleinmindrecs.com\/jack-cooper-sandgrown-tangerine-vinyl-version-or-cd\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1496912287589000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGoxZD3uOxbbXjo_E7Esm5Bn4cvvw\">http:\/\/www.troubleinmindrecs.com\/jack-cooper-sandgrown-tangerine-vinyl-version-or-cd\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/dbf9d104f4e73212f58498d38\/_compresseds\/153d9ab3-88dd-4e1e-af04-e3e1186c142f.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" data-file-id=\"6561\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<span class=\"synved-social-container synved-social-container-share\"><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F1915&#038;t=Jack%20Cooper%20%E2%80%98Fat%20Old%20Sun%E2%80%99&#038;s=100&#038;p&#091;url&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F1915&#038;p&#091;images&#093;&#091;0&#093;=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shindig-magazine.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2018%2F01%2FImage-17-01-2018-at-14.21-724x1024.jpg&#038;p&#091;title&#093;=Jack%20Cooper%20%E2%80%98Fat%20Old%20Sun%E2%80%99\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F1915&#038;text=New%20post%20on%20our%20site\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-mail nolightbox\" data-provider=\"mail\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share by email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Jack%20Cooper%20%E2%80%98Fat%20Old%20Sun%E2%80%99&#038;body=New%20post%20on%20our%20site:%20https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F1915\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mail\" title=\"Share by email\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/mail.png\" \/><\/a><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JACK COOPER unleashes a cool Floyd cover ahead of tour He says of the cover, &#8220;I was selling merch at the last show of my US tour and a guy who had bought a record told me that the live band sounded like Meddle-era Pink Floyd. In hindsight I should&#8217;ve hugged him because as far [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[425,130],"class_list":["post-1915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-videos","tag-jack-cooper","tag-pink-floyd"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1915"}],"version-history":[{"count":-4,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1915\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}