Plastic Jail by The Soul Jacket

"Plastic Jail" (autoeditado, 2018) es el nuevo álbum de la banda gallega, grabado en varias sesiones durante los meses de abril a julio de 2018 en los estudios Radar de la ciudad de Vigo. Con esta nueva grabación a la vieja usanza The Soul Jacket alcanza la plena madurez, pero sorprendentemente lo hace reinventando de manera revolucionaria esa fórmula inimitable de Rhythm & Blues, Rock & Roll y Southern Soul con el que ya sorprendieron a crítica y público en su aclamado debut de 2011. En esta “cárcel de plástico” se respira un ambiente cargado y sudoroso, con un sonido compacto, directo y acorde con un tiempo presente frenético e incierto, y con guiños a bandas como Big Star, John Lennon o los primeros Heartbreakers, a la vez que en esos medios tiempos arrebatadores a los que nos tienen acostumbrados resuenan ecos de The Kinks y por supuesto The Beatles. Una vuelta a la esencia más pura y a la vez un paso de gigantes.

‘Plastic Jail’ (2018) is the brand new album by the southern galician band, recorded troughout may and july 2018 at the amazing Radar recording studios in Vigo and self-published. With this new old-style recording The Soul Jacket come full circle, if surprisingly managing so in a somewhat revolutionary fashion. It is a new take on that unmatchable formula of Rhythm & Blues, Rock & Roll and Southern Soul that helped them surprise critics and audiences in their acclaimed debut in 2011. In this "plastic jail" the listener will only breathe a stuffy, sweaty atmosphere. The sound is compact, direct and in line with a frantic and uncertain present time. Winks to bands like Big Star, John Lennon's solo career or the first Heartbreakers also abound, the same way those sweeping mid-tempo tunes we know only too well make The Kinks and The Beatles often resonate. Both, a true return to the purest essence and a leap worthy of giants.

Tracklist

1.	Rainbow Pills	4:28

2.	Keep On Fighting	6:44

3.	Let The Good Times Roll	2:34

4.	Lying On The Grass	3:43

5.	In A Golden Brown	4:14

6.	Everybody Runs	2:47

7.	Better Days Are Coming	7:34

8.	Fire	2:53

9.	Merry Go Round	4:32

10.	Plastic Jail	2:12

Credits

released October 26, 2018

Producido por Pablo Iglesias & The Soul Jacket.
Grabado, mezclado & masterizado en los Estudios Radar (Vigo, Pontevedra, España) por Pablo Iglesias & The Soul Jacket entre mayo y julio de 2018. Técnico de sonido: Fernando Silva. Asistentes de sonido: David Junco & Uxío Castro. Grabaciones adicionales en los estudios The Dub Yard (Vigo) por Javier Vicente.

Todos los temas interpretadosy arreglados por The Soul Jacket

Fotografía de portada: Steph Swamps & Ash Santos. Diseño y maquetación: María Llauger & Mauro Comesaña

Toño López: voz, percusión
Jorge Mizer: guitarra eléctrica & acústica, lap steel, bajo Fender, piano, percusión, voces
Guillermo Gagliardi: guitarra eléctrica, voces
Mauro Comesaña: batería, percusión, voces
Jann Zerega: bajo Fender & Greco
Xabier Vieitez: Fender Rhodes, Hammond, piano

Alfonso García "Eski": congas & bongós en "Keep On Fighting", "In A Golden Brown"
Diego Alonso: saxo tenor en "Rainbow Pills", "In A Golden Brown", "Everybody Runs"
Antonio Otero: saxo barítono en "Rainbow Pills", "Everybody Runs"
Ify Agunyego: voces en "Better Days Are Coming"
Oscar Avendaño: armónica en "Fire"

Produced by Pablo Iglesias & The Soul Jacket.
Recorded at Radar Studios (Vigo, Spain) in several sessions throughout the months of may untill july 2018. Mixing & mastering by Pablo Iglesias. Sound engineer: Fernando Silva. Sound assistants: David Junco & Uxio Castro. Additional recordings at The Dub Yard Studios (Vigo, Spain) supervised by Javier Vicente

All songs played and arranged by The Soul Jacket

Cover picture by Steph Swamps & Ash Santos. Album artwork and design by Maria Llauger & Mauro Comesaña

Toño López: vocals, percussion
Jorge Mizer: electric & acoustic guitars, Fender bass, lap steel, piano, percussion, background vocals
Guillermo Gagliardi: electric guitar, background vocals
Mauro Comesaña: drums, percussion, backing vocals
Jann Zerega: Fender & Greco bass
Xabier Vieitez: Fender Rhodes, Hammond , upright piano

Alfonso García "Eski": latin conga & bongos on "Keep On Fighting" & "In A Golden Brown"
Diego Alonso: tenor sax on "Rainbow Pills", "In A Golden Brown" & "Everybody Runs"
Antonio Otero: baritone sax on "Rainbow Pills" & "Everybody Runs"
Ify Agunyego: background vocals on "Better Days Are Coming"
Oscar Avendaño: blues harp on "Fire"

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