Friday 22 September 2017

Jess And The Bandits album Smoke And Mirrors dropped Sept 15

JESS AND THE BANDITS 
SMOKE AND MIRRORS
FOR FANS OF: LADY ANTEBELLUM, THE SHIRES




Available for purchase
£9.99 CD Amazon UK  £7.99 MP3 Amazon UK | Digital download $9.49 Amazon.com | £7.99 UK iTunes

NOTE: September tour dates rescheduled due to damage to Jess' family home as a result of Hurricane Harvey. See below revised February 2018 dates.





















FREE to stream on SPOTIFY!

CHART SUCCESS

OUT NOW! 
DEBUTS AT #1 on UK Country iTunes Albums!
HMV Recommended!
Sister playlisted by BBC Radio2! 

UK Country iTunes Album Chart
DAY ONE: Fri Sept 15 UK Country iTunes Chart Debut: Debut #1 (#64 overall UK Albums chart) then #77 and #4 (#164 overall UK Albums chart)

DAY TWO: Sat Sept 16: UK Country iTunes Chart #10 (#385 overall UK Albums chart)

DAY THREE: Sun Sept 17: UK Country iTunes Chart #29 (#912 overall UK Albums chart)
DAY FOUR: Sept 18: UK Country iTunes Chart #20 (#620 overall UK Albums chart), then #31 (#959 overall UK Albums chart)
DAY FIVE: Sept 19: Fell off the Top 200
DAY SIX: Sept 21 #50  
DAY SEVEN: Sept 22 #48 (off the top 1500 all genres), then fell off top 200.

On the rolling week Official UK Country Album Top 20 (Chart Week Ending 28 September 2017) SMOKE AND MIRRORS made a debut at No.10. That was four places lower than 2015’s #6 bow Official Country Chart charting HERE WE GO AGAIN.














The album has received acclaim encouraging country fans to buy it from fellow artists, radio presenters and marketing.

Dan Wharton from Your Life In A Song website/ Sonnet Marketing says: “It's a superb album, you won't want to be miss it, so make sure you go on and pre-order your copy now”!


Chris Stevens from Chris Country Radio said: “It is fantastic as well, you've heard tracks on  Chris Country”
Gaby Roslin BBC London tweeted:  Hey gorgeous Jess the Bandits Just pre ordered your new album #smokeandmirrors Less than a week to go You're such a star & know it'll be fab

Dean & Sheena On Air ("We Love New Country" (106.8 TCR FM | BLOG Feature)
Fellow Sonnet label mate Kevin McGuire (The UKs answer to Sam Hunt and Kane Brown) tweeted a video:
Go-to UK axeman and BCMA Award winning and 2017 Musician nominee Luke Thomas who will be joining Jess and the Bandits on tour in February tweeted "Go download it preorder it from iTunes and Amazon"

Batley's “Hallelujah” viral UK country star Jade Helliwell (65,000 Facebook Followers | BLOG Feature) said “Make sure you go on iTunes and Amazon and pre-order your copy”
Jess & The Bandits proved with their critically acclaimed debut album, HERE WE GO AGAIN, that they were a musical force to be reckoned with. Boasting a rock country sound delivered with raw and real grit and an infectious pop punch, the band have enjoyed the loyal support of BBC Radio and TV.
While they last toured the UK at the end of a riotous festival season in 2016, the quintet are finally set to return to the live circuit with SMOKE AND MIRRORS - the long-awaited follow-up to 2015’s #6 Official Country Chart charting HERE WE GO AGAIN.
With lead vocalist Jess the happiest she has ever been, the writing process for upcoming album Smoke & Mirrors saw her in a very different frame of mind to those for the band’s debut. Having been swept off her feet by her Prince Charming, photographer Chris Peavey, Jess is radiating happiness following her engagement earlier this year. 

Dancetastic and Thought Provoking Modern Country Music: The ever smiling Texan, Jessica Clemmons sounds breathless on opening track the almost evangelical I’m Still Not Going Home, which could be the band’s signature tune as she throws down a marker to the rest of the young upstarts on the circuit at the moment; especially the current wave of Brit-Country bands.
Oh Dear Lord, the title track which comes in at #2 is as close to a Classic Country belter as anything I’ve heard in donkey’s years, with Jess using her magnificent voice to full effect as a choir gives it everything behind her
…..Read More Rocking Magpie

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Of Smoke & Mirrors, Jess says; “I am so excited about this album. I wanted to make sure that the sound grew and developed, Experimenting a little even. Gospel music is so close to my heart that I knew I needed to bring those elements into this new record. Smoke & Mirrors is a labour of love. A collection of songs that will take the listener on a journey.”  
Having already teased fans with the instant grat. Kings of Summer, the band are excited to reveal the gospel drive of Sister, which is a euphoric rallying call to women all around the world.  Although it still has the rock bite of the band’s earlier releases, Jess explains, “This sound is very different from what many people are used to hearing from JATB. We wanted to go head first into a gospel feel. Something that has been part of country music for years and years but not really a part of U.K. country music. We took the story telling aspect of country music, threw a little pop in there for good measure and then took the listener to church with an incredible gospel choir.”

Jess and the Bandits February 2018 TOUR:
Tues 6 February 2018 – Fruit, Hull (62-63 Humber Street) £15:40
Event
Weds 7 February 2018 - Waterfront Studio, Norwich (139-141 King St, Norwich NR1 1QH) £16.50 Event
Thurs 8 February 2018 -  @ The Musician, Leicester (
Clyde Street, Leicester LE1 2DE) Event
Fri 9 February 2018 - 
The Borderline, London (Orange Yard, Off Manette Street, Soho, W1D 4JB) £18.70 Event
Sat 10 February 2018 - 
Talking Heads, Southampton (16-22 The Polygon, SO15 2BN) £13.20 Event
Mon 12 February 2018 - 
The Junction, Cambridge (Clifton Way, CB1 7GX) £17 Standing Event
Weds 14 February 2018 - 
The Tunnels, Bristol (Lower Station Approach Road, Temple Meads, Bristol BS1 6QF) £16.50 Event
Thurs 15 February 2018 - 
Gullivers, Manchester (109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW) Standing £13.75 Event
Fri 16 February 2018 - 
Sage 2, Gateshead (St Marys Square, Gateshead Quays NE8 2JR) £16.40 Event
Saturday 17 February 17 2018 - 
King Tuts, Glasgow (272a ST Vincent Street, G2 5RL) Ticketmaster UK

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