Thanks For Reaching Out

by JIM BOB

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1.	Thanks For Reaching Out 03:47	buy track
2.	The Day Of Reckoning 02:45	buy track
3.	Bernadette Hasn't Found Anyone Yet 03:32	buy track
4.	Toxic Man 01:49	buy track
5.	This Is End Times 02:06	buy track
6.	We Need To Try Harder (We Need To Do Better) 04:29	buy track
7.	Billionaire In Space 02:48	buy track
8.	Sebastian's Gone On A Ridealong 02:39	buy track
9.	goesaroundcomesaround 04:30	buy track
10.	Befriend The Police 05:00	buy track
11.	The Prince Of Wales 03:29	buy track
12.	Thanks For Reaching Outro 00:48	buy track

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An hour after sending the demo recordings of his latest album to his manager, Jim Bob received a WhatsApp message: ‘I bet this is how Tony Defries* felt when Bowie sent him Ziggy Stardust’. Ten minutes later Jim Bob’s manager sent another message: ‘Make sure you don’t muck it up in the studio’.

Thankfully Jim Bob didn’t muck it up. His twelfth solo studio album, ‘Thanks For Reaching Out’ is a stone cold masterpiece. Thirty-eight minutes of pop, punk rock, devastatingly moving ballads and more topical than an episode of Newsnight, with songs about Putin (‘The Day of Reckoning’), the Taliban (‘This is End Times’) and whoever ‘Billionaire in Space’ is about. It’s not all doom and gloom though (it’s mostly doom and gloom). ‘Sebastian’s Gone On A Ridelaong’ is a hilarious psychobilly romp and the pre-coronation written ‘The Prince of Wales’ is like a pub lock-in, it’s Bowie’s ‘Kooks’ for older people.

Recorded with the same group of musicians as his previous two chart smashing albums, ‘Pop Up Jim Bob’ (number 26) and ‘Who Do We Hate Today’ (34), with trumpet and saxophone from Terry Edwards and violin from Kate Arnold, Jim Bob has described it like he’s at a poncy wine tasting:

‘When I listen to this record, I get flavours of Buzzcocks and Dexys, with notes of Teardrop Explodes and Slade. It’s big and bold, bright and crispy, earthy and buttery, with a bouquet of barbed wire and an aftertaste of your life somehow never ever quite being the same again.’

The album will be available on vinyl, CD, cassette and digital platforms. The vinyl is purple in a gatefold sleeve with a 2024 calendar and the CD version comes with a second disc ‘This is My Mixtape;’ a collection of cover versions recorded especially for the album. The cover illustration is by Mark Reynolds, with design by Keith Davey and audio mastered by Nick Watson at Fluid.

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released June 30, 2023

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JIM BOB London, UK

As singer with Carter USM Jim Bob had 14 top 40 singles, 4 top ten albums (including a number one), toured the world and headlined Glastonbury.

Jim Bob has had a long and varied solo music career. He has released at least ten solo albums (he’s lost count). His latest critically acclaimed album, ‘Pop Up Jim Bob’ was released in August 2020. It reached number 26 in the UK Album chart ... more

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Apr 24

UEA The Waterfront

Norwich, UK
Apr 25

Cambridge Junction

Cambridge, UK
Apr 26

Ballroom, Dreamland

Margate, UK
Apr 27

The 1865

Southampton, UK
May 2

Saint Luke's

Glasgow, UK
May 3

Club Academy

Manchester, UK
May 4

O2 Academy2 Birmingham

Birmingham, UK
May 23

Catton Hall

Walton-on-trent, UK
Nov 15

Butlin's - Minehead

Minehead, UK

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