After just one album, it may have been difficult to peg Jamie T. as either a Streets imitator or an original on his own. His debut, Panic Prevention, included flashes of brilliance, but the yowling delivery and willfully obtuse lyrics could've easily been a pose. Album number two comes with some high expectations -- Panic Prevention was Mercury-nominated, after all -- and it mostly confirms that Jamie Treays has a music career in front of him if he wants it. Fortunately, he hasn't matured out of his core strengths: his vitality, his expressiveness, and his knack for twisting the vagaries of everyday life for urban youth into material for songs. (If any of these qualities make listeners think of heartily English roustabouts like Joe Strummer or Billy Bragg, they're well on their way.) "The Man's Machine" marvels at our ability to make lives around the sterile elements of city life ("Stone, glass, concrete and gravel/All we got to keep us together"), while a pair of acoustic ballads ("Emily's Heart" and "Jilly Armeen") are the most affecting songs of his young career.
Wimbledon born trouble-maker Jamie T has confirmed further details surrounding his newest and second LP to date. Titled Kings And Queens, the record is due on September 7th and follows on a full two years after his acclaimed 2007 debut Panic Prevention.
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if your gonna learn a song you gotta sing along♫ Jamie T – Chaka DemusAfter becoming mildly obsessed with Stick N’ Stones, the first single off of Jamie T’s sophomore album, I was a little scared to be let down by the rest of Kings and Queens. Luckily for the whole damned world Jamie T did not disappoint, delivering such…
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Jamie T. is back from hiatus and following up 2007’s Panic Prevention with Kings and Queens which is set to drop on October 6th on Astralwerks. The album, already released overseas in the U.K charting at #2, has garnered rave reviews and the sound promises to be bigger than ever, the full tracklist is below.If [...]
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After this disappointing news last week for all Jamie T fans things are looking up with the release of Jamie’s third single from ‘Kings & Queens’.‘The Man’s...For all the latest indie music news and views head over to Indiescreet.com
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Walrus favourite Jamie T is back with his second album Kings & Queens this week, and whilst the review will be a few days here are a couple of videos for two of my favourites. Stick ‘n’ Stones especially is just a wonderful wonderful pop song. Listen up.Buy Kings & Queens on CD @ Phonica| [...]
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London wunderkind Jamie T lays his sophomore album, Kings & Queens, at the feet of US audiences today, October 6th. Overflowing with raucous beats, dizzying lyrics, and disarming moments of tender transparency, Jamie’s new album shot to #2 on the UK charts in its first week. “Soon as I see the dust settle / Let’s [...]
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Add one part chav, one part lyrical genius and one part complete twat and you've pretty much just made Jamie T in your metaphorical cooking bowl. Twenty three years old and already with a debut album hailed as one of England's finest in a decade; we personally find it quite hard to like Mr Jamie Alexander Treays, if we're completely honest here.
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Jamie Alexander Treays a.k.a Jamie T is back with his latest CD “Kings & Queens”. Signed with Virgin records Jamie T has become a very popular force in UK music Scene. He has won Shockwaves NME award for best solo artists in 2007 and has had his past single “Sheila” climb the UK top 40 [...]Related posts:Kings Of Leon – Only by Night Kings Of Leon are of one of the most...Juliette Comma
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You might remember new track "Sticks N' Stones" from earlier this summer, a pure dose of summer fun showing that Mr. Treays had not lost his step one bit. Jamie T's second album, Kings and Queens, hit UK shelves this past Monday and this is the latest single from the disc."Chaka Demus" is also available as a standalone EP which contains the title track and three songs not found on the album.
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Touring in support of their latest release – “Kings and Queens” – a 43-minute, all-killer, no-filler set of stunners about city sickness, aimless rebellion and dissolving relationships - the X-mas dates include a first time visit to Byron
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Poor old Jamie T. He must be cursing the Mercury Prize success of Speech Debelle, for when this – his second album – gets its inevitable nomination nod in 2010 the chances of a second London-influenced, urban record in a row winning will surely be greatly reduced. Although the same would have been true if [...]
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