You'll Have to Pull My Heart Away from Jack Peñate

I love any guy who can mix soul, rock, pop well AND can play the guitar with his own hands.

Jack Peñate, the 25 year old Londoner who released his second LP in August, has proven that he can make a guitar driven album in 2007's Matinee whose songs he wrote when he was 19-20 years old. Now, with his most recent album Everything is New, Peñate has proven he can make a musically well-rounded album too. With a few synth beats (I should emphasize that he doesn't overdo it), some emotionally gripping songs and a great, mature voice Jack Peñate has produced a 9-track novel of an album, with a really great story. NME Magazine recently said, "He used to sound like the past, now he sounds like the future."

Personally, I'm looking forward to more collaborations with Jack and his best buddy Adele (she's featured in "My Yvonne" on his first album and "Every Glance" on the new album).

Plus, who can resist those eyes on the cover of Everything is New!

Two fun facts before I get to the actual song:

1. His full name is Jack Fabian Cassius Bethany Louise Peñate. Yeah, Bethany Louise.

2. There's a traditional stage invasion at his gigs for the song "Torn on the Platform". During one such event, his distortion pedal was stolen. His reaction? “D’you know what? Whoever’s got it…keep it! Just make sure you play a Telecaster through it and not a Gibson!”.

Now for the song!

"Pull My Heart Away" - Jack Peñate from his second album Everything is New




P.S. He's got a pretty entertaining Twitter. Apparently he loses his wallet a lot.