Music News - Jackal bow out gracefully with their fifth album 'Sparkle'
24 April 2015 - 0 Comments
Outer
Space Publicity are sad to share the news
that Jackal,
one of New Zealand's hardest-working young bands, have decided to call it quits
after eight years and five critically-acclaimed albums.
In the band’s own words:
“Ahoy,
After eight years and
five albums, Jackal the band, is coming to an end. We have decided to break up
the band as our guitar player, Will, is moving to America in a couple of
months. As a band, we have agreed it is best to not continue without him.
We have great pride in
the work we have done and each member has always put the music first and that's
why we have been able to work together for so long. We're glad the band is
ending on such good terms with the possibility of us working together in the
future…
Smell you later,
Theo, Will, Alec and
Hayden.”
Jackal formed in late 2006 when brothers Will (on drums) and Theo
McGrath (on guitar and vocals) joined up with local bassist Alec Cummins. They
began writing their own material immediately, setting out to meld a raw
punk/alternative sound, inspired by bands such as Dinosaur Jr, with
their love of Black
Sabbath and ‘70s hard rock. Over their eight years
together they have continued to experiment with and expand what is expected of
a rock band, and in the process they’ve built up a hugely loyal following.
They have just released their fifth album Sparkle, and it’s a grand finale
for a very fine band. Covering a huge range of bases – alternative, funk metal,
hard rock, and psychedelic – the album has already received a five star review. Muzic.net.nz says (amongst other glowing things): “This review
could be reduced to three words; “Awesome, Five Stars.” That should be enough
of an introduction, description and summary of Jackal’s
best album to date.”
Here is their latest single You've Been Waiting,
and the Sparkle album is available as a FREE (for a limited time) download on
Bandcamp.
Jackal have two final shows to play before they part ways – one at the venue they've
called home, UFO in West Auckland’s New Lynn, and their last show ever in Mt
Maunganui on May 23.
If you’re already a fan, you won’t want to miss them – and if you’d like to
find out what is special about them live before your chance is gone, make sure
you can say you got to see them before it was too late.
Jackal's final shows
Saturday 16 May, UFO (final Auckland show): Smell
You Later
Saturday 23 May, Imbibe
Bar, Mount Maunganui.
Visit Jackal's
Facebook page
http://www.powertoolrecords.co.nz/
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