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- Date Released: October 1, 2007
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Label: XL Recordings
An 11-song wild ride pumped full of over-excited hormones.
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We Say...
Composed by a 22–year-old who looks like a young George Michael and dances like Jerry Lee Lewis on ten Red Bulls, Matinee is packed with deceivingly simple pop textures that re-arrange, rather than burn, the pop rock rulebook.
Everything about Jack Penate’s debut album screams youthful optimism. From its jangly, three-chord, rockabilly pop shots, to its heartfelt downtempo ballads, Matinée is the type of record that will make everyone between the ages of five and seventy-five break into a huge goofy smile.
Beginning with the bouncy skiffle guitar riff of “Spit at Stars,” one of the four songs that marked him out as the prime contender to follow Lily Allen out of the MySpace bubble, Matinée progresses at a breakneck pace for just under 40 minutes. Citing the Boo Radleys (“Made of Codes”), the acid jazz of the Brand New Heavies (“Got My Favourite”) and the Beach Boys’ surf boogie (“Second Minute Hour”), the young Londoner’s charisma is impossible to ignore.
While Jack’s yelps and sunny disposition momentarily disappear in favour of grim introspection for the finale (“When We Die”), that's not enough to damage Matinée’s overwhelming positive vibes. A strong contender for the feel-good album of 2007, Matinée is an 11-song wild ride pumped full of over-excited hormones. -
They Say...
Jack Penate got himself a hip producer in Jim Abbiss -- who had previously worked with the Arctic Monkeys, Editors, and Kasabian -- and released his debut album, Matinee, in the autumn of 2007. He already had the dance moves, the loud shirts, and an interesting set on the London club scene, so here was a chance to show that the music was worthy, too. With a singing style in the cockney accent of Lily Allen or Kate Nash, he differentiated himself from these singers by actually playing the guitar himself, with mixture of skiffle and ska, especially on the hit single "Torn on the Platform." Matinee included all the tracks that he had been performing live for over a year, including "Got My Favourite...," which had originally been released as a limited-edition 7" single, and "Spit at Stars," the lead track from his debut EP release. It wasn't all skiffle-style guitar, though -- the track "Run for Your Life," about an attempting mugging, gave the impression of running away to a pounding beat. The ballad "My Yvonne" was a plea from the heart, and "We Will Be Here" was a song with many different tempos, the verse opening as a heartfelt ballad and the chorus pumping the beat, and it introduced strings on a track for the first time. The backing music on both "Made of Codes" and "Second, Minute or Hour," which was the second official single, was very similar to the Housemartins' 1980s hit "Happy Hour," and the album ended with the mournful "When We Die," the titular phrase repeated over and over until fade-out, and a hidden track, "Picture Frames," which was an extension of the earlier song "Learning Lines."
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| 01. |  |
Spit At Stars |
2:33 |
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| 02. | |
Got My Favourite |
3:52 |
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| 03. | |
Have I Been A Fool |
2:39 |
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| 04. | |
Torn On The Platform |
3:53 |
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| 05. | |
Learning Lines |
3:29 |
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| 06. | |
Run For Your Life |
3:35 |
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| 07. | |
We Will Be Here |
4:42 |
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| 08. | |
Made Of Codes |
3:13 |
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| 09. | |
My Yvonne |
4:13 |
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| 10. | |
Second, Minute or Hour |
3:05 |
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| 11. | |
When We Die |
6:02 |
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11 Total Tracks, 41:16 Total Length
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| 01. | |
Second, Minute Or Hour (Solo Electric) |
3:04 |
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| 02. | |
Learning Lines (Solo Electric) |
2:43 |
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| 03. | |
Spit At Stars (Solo Electric) |
2:17 |
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| 04. | |
Got My Favourite (Solo Electric) |
3:51 |
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| 05. | |
We Will Be Here (Solo Electric) |
4:33 |
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16 Total Tracks, 16:28 Total Length
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Credits
- Joel Porter - Guitar (Bass) // Cenzo Townshend - Mixing // Chris Watson - Assistant // Jim Abbiss - Producer // Todd Burke - Engineer // Denny Weston, Jr. - Drums // Tony Hoffer - Producer // Tony Hoffer - Engineer // Tony Hoffer - Mixing // Justin Underhill - Engineer // Ramble Jon Krohn - Organ // Ramble Jon Krohn - Piano // Dave Emery - Assistant // Jason Grossman - Assistant // Jack Peñate - Guitar // Jack Peñate - Piano // Jack Peñate - Glockenspiel // Jack Peñate - Vocals // Jack Peñate - Producer // Jack Peñate - Charango // Jack Peñate - Art Direction // Jack Peñate - Design // Jack Peñate - Illustrations // Phil Lee - Art Direction // Phil Lee - Design // Alex Robins - Percussion // Alex Robins - Drums
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