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Off Planet Part Three Also Includes “A New Way Through,” “Galaxy Mood” (Feat. Toya Delazy), “The Oh Zone,” “Dead Machine” (Feat. Stealing Sheep), and “Dumdrum”
Apr 20, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Django Django are releasing a new album, Off Planet, on June 16 via Because Music. It’s being released in four parts and now the band has shared part three, which features six new songs: “No Time” (Feat. Jack Peñate), “A New Way Through,” “Galaxy Mood” (Feat. Toya Delazy), “The Oh Zone,” “Dead Machine” (Feat. Stealing Sheep), and “Dumdrum.” More
Plus Michael Kiwanuka, Little Scream, Matt Berninger, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Oct 18, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Welcome to another Songs of the Week. It was a pretty light week, in terms of new songs this week. Hence we only have a Top 8. More
After You Due Out November 29 via XL
Oct 16, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
English singer/songwriter Jack Peñate has announced his first new album in 10 years, After You, and shared its new single, “Murder,” via a video for the track. More
Everything is New Is All New Ground for Peñate
May 12, 2009
By Michele Yamamoto
Jack Peñate is starting clean with his appropriately titled sophomore effort, Everything is New. More
Reviews
Sep 02, 2009
By Laura Studarus
British singer/songwriter Jack Peñate knows a thing or two about starting over. At the age of 24, with his 2007 debut album Matinee already having snagged him a spot on the U.K. charts and a cover of NME, Peñate headed back to the studio, ready to try something different. He emerged with Everything Is New, an album that expands his radio-friendly sound to include Brazilian, Afrobeat, and lo-fi hip-hop influences without sacrificing any of his trademark every-man likeability. Grouped into the “Estuary English” pack of U.K. pop-performers who sing without altering their English accent, a category that includes the likes of Lily Allen, Kate Nash, and Adele, Peñate’s sophomore effort represents a major step forward, demonstrating that he might just have the chops to outstrip the lot of ‘em. More