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17th March 2016

Yesterday evening in the show l'Indépen-dance on Radio Pulsar : Bienvenue dans ce monde noopop où la DrôleDeMusique va rythmer votre soirée, où ce mercredi, le cycle de la pop printanière entame une boucle mélodique perpétuelle puisque le nouvel album de Jack And The' décroche l’Appellation Indispensable Contrôlée, quelques jours après sa sortie.

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Plenty to savour

12th March 2016

4 stars review in Record Collector Mag : Yes, Melody Cycle (**** Folkwit), the second album from Julien Lonchamp and his seven-piece Apostrophe Ensemble as JACK AND THE’, may draw inspiration from Van Dyke Parks’ Song Cycle, and indeed the baroque and orch-pop material he produced that lends the album the overall vibe of late 60s Hollywood recording reissues on Now Sounds, but this is decidedly contemporary in scope and ambition. Fans of Elefant label acts like Giorgio Tuma and Folkwits’ own Odessey And Oracle will find plenty to savour here.

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A magisterial record

10th March 2016

Great review of Melody Cycle in rifraf.

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Pocket pop

9th March 2016

Thank you Gonzaï for this lovely review of Melody Cycle !

[...] Bref le genre de disque qui se déguste à merveille avec des petits fours Picard tout en essayant de draguer la fille de son patron sur un tapis en peau d’ours au coin du feu, dans les embruns du matin ou seul sous la pluie. Melody Cycle la chanson éponyme en est l’apothéose, le crie d’abandon, la condition sine qua non. A savourer jusqu’à l’indigestion. [...]

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Musical architect

8th March 2016

Review of Melody Cycle on A découvrir absolument.

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Goldsmith Pop

4th March 2016

Review -in french- of Melody Cycle on Addict Culture.

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Little Things (feline session)

29th February 2016

A foretaste of the Flat Session # 17 of the next 5 March. Little Things acoustic recorded live somewhere in Scotland...

Little Things (session féline/feline session)

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Balades sonores

26th February 2016

Balades Sonores is proud to welcome Jack And The’ for a showcase. Sunday 6th of march 2016 at La Fabrique Balades Sonores.

Jack And The’ est un ensemble pop emmené par Julien Lonchamp, français expatrié en Ecosse.

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Melody Cycling tour

25th February 2016

Here we go! Introducing our Melody Cycling Tour, with the 1st leg in March. Belgium, France and Scotland, no cycling whatsoever involved!

First gig at the Flat Session #17 in Fallais, Belgium. You're welcome !

5th March - Fallais, Belgium (Flat Session)
6th March - Balades Sonores, Paris (showcase)
7th March - Pop In, Paris
15th March - Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh
23rd March - The Hug and Pint, Glasgow

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Piggledy Pop

23rd February 2016

F****** great review (in french) of Melody Cycle on Piggledy Pop !

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Weird but clever

23rd February 2016

Review of Melody Cycle on Folking (UK). [...] Some of the songs are weird but clever. ‘Chicory Salad’ rejoices in such lines as “smells like a palindrome” and “tastes like a paradigm” – what does it all mean? I really couldn’t say. ‘Dinner At The Andersons’’, one of the best songs, is introduced by what sounds like a pair of cheap synthesisers topped with slightly cheesy drums before the brass and vibraphone come in to sweep the song away.[...]

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