Indie artist Peter Alexander Jobson releases debut album

Music Review | 25th Nov, 2024 Peter Alexander Jobson

Singer songwriter, poet and raconteur Peter Alexander Jobson has released his debut album Burn The Ration Books Of Love recorded at his home studio and produced by Ben Christophers.

Jobson, made his name as bass guitarist and keyboard player in I Am Kloot, noted for their distinctive sound, the jazzy swing of Jobson and Hargreaves' rhythm section blended with the dark poetry of Bramwell.

After six albums and 16 successful years together the cult trio of Jobson, drummer Andy Hargreaves and singer/guitarist John Bramwell broke up after a final triumphant performance at the Royal Festival Hall as part of the 2016 Meltdown Festival on London's South Bank.

Since the break-up of the band, Jobson has built a successful career composing and recording soundtracks for film and television. Between these hectic periods of live commitments, Jobson also found time to commence work on the 11 songs that make up his debut solo record.

Heavily autobiographical in inspiration, the debut album Burn The Ration Books Of Love is deeply rooted in Jobson's lived experience.

In his younger years, Jobson set his village on fire. For 40 years the cause of the blaze in the Northumberland fishing village of Alnmouth has remained a mystery to its 444 inhabitants. But no more. With the release of his first solo album Burn The Ration Books Of Love, the truth is finally revealed by Peter Alexander Jobson.

I was 11 or 12, out cycling with an older kid I grew up with, and we'd gone to the shop to buy fags. We went to the sand dunes to smoke and were playing with matches. Next thing the dunes caught fire - then the golf course, and about two miles of the coast, a massive conflagration heading towards the village. We jumped on our bikes and pedalled as far as we could and as fast as we could to get away. Then we hid on the top of the hill overlooking the village and watched as half the village came to help put it out. We waited until it got dark fearing the worst - that we would be locked up or beaten by our parents. We almost burned the village down! And I've never told anyone before - not even my parents.

The secret is out now, on an extraordinary collection that blends genres as diverse as country-flavoured psychedelia and cocktail jazz with the spirit of the Northern variety circuit.

Peter Alexander Jobson - Burn The Ration Books Of Love (Youtube)

The album Burn The Ration Books Of Love is available through all streaming platforms.

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