David Emery OnlineNice guys finish first
28 June 2007
Today, if you didn’t know already, was Jack Peñate day.
He’s sitting at #5 in the current singles midweeks with his new single, Torn On The Platform – a perfect slice of indie pop, if indie pop is your sort of thing – and played both an instore in HMV on Oxford St and a headline show at the Scala.
The instore was plagued with sound problems (I guess shops aren’t really designed for live music), but the Scala show was a truly mighty performance. The songs were great and the crowd were completely taken by it; I’ve never seen an act get such a warn reception at that venue. What really made it special though was that you could tell the Jack was truly humbled by the reaction:
“22 Years have been leading up to this moment”.
It really couldn’t have happened to a nice guy – he deserves all the success he can get.
Also both supporting and guesting on one track was the also wonderful Adele. I’ll be honest: the whole female singer/songwriter thing is not my cup of tea, but Adele is special – she has a phenomenal voice and I’m sure we’re going to hear a lot more from her in the future.
