Its Summer Lets Go
Home – Jonny Gill
Yorkshire’s favourite son has returned with his latest
masterpiece ‘Its Summer Lets Go Home’
We here at Riff Media have spent the last four years or
so keeping our eyes on Jonny, since our launch he has been a cornerstone to our
gigging and live experiences, not to mention his friendship has really helped
us grow as a company, so to see him consistently deliver beautiful and witty
tracks year after year gives us the proudest feeling in the world.
Its Summer Lets Go Home is the follow up to Gill’s debut
release ‘Thieves, Ghosts and Giants’ which was released last year.
Humans
Make For Terrible People
The album opens up with a short and witty number titled
Humans Make for Terrible People which gives a great opening to the album with a
huge Frank Turner influence glowing through, the track is pretty much about
narrow mindedness in today’s music industry and how even the smallest acts can
make a big dent in their scenes, just like Jonny has done in recent years.
This
Town Aint Big Enough For the Both of Us
One of the two
tracks taken from the debut album that Jonny has decided to carry over to the
second release, also one of Jonny’s live favourites and huge crowd pleaser's a
beautiful song that pays homage to his home town of York and everything he holds
dear within it.
Willow
Drive
Unfortunately this is not a song demanding the fictional
character portrayed by Warrick Davies’ to get behind the wheel of an auto-mobile it is however a very lovely, slow paced song that you can just sit
and chill out to on a lonesome evening. However I can’t stop imaging how cool a
song demanding a dwarf to drive a car would have been... album number three
perhaps?
There’s
Still a Duck Pond Here
The next track on the album is a bit more uplifting with
a slight hint of The Gaslight Anthem thrown in there, a very summery sounding
track that is showing off Jonny’s vocal talent and ability to switch between
song tempo going from slow and smooth to vibrant and energetic.
Bones
A brilliant, near genius track from Jonny here, the
lyrics are beautiful and it is performed the right way, the Jonny way, complete
with long held notes and passionate shouts to really bring out the track and
make the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end.
Threat
Level Midnight
Isn’t this the title to a really bad movie? Probably one
with Steven Seagal starring… Unlike a Seagal movie this song is actually
bearable and has a better story behind it. Again another song holding some very
strong independent Jonny Gill vibes that will make it a fan favourite during
his live shows, I am sure of that.
The
Breakfast Club
Continuing on from shit films… The next song is another
short one, Jonny seems to be the master of creating short, to the point songs
that can stick right into your head, writing them with a great little piece of
guitar work accompanied by brilliant vocals and lyrics, the 3 minute rule does
not exist in his mind, no matter how long or short it is it always, always
works!
The
District Sleeps Alone Tonight
Anyone who is a fan of the original will immediately
realise just how shit it is after hearing this, another live favourite of mine,
pure passion portrayed live and recorded showing that Jonny really puts his
heart and soul into his music not just on the stage but in a small room with
nothing but his guitar, microphone and other various equipment to look on at
him, the world is his stage and we should all be listening in because with each
release Jonny is obliterating anyone in the same field and undoubtedly deserves
global recognition for his huge talent. This cover is 100% more power and
passion than that of The Postal Service’s original.
Homesick
With the album slowly coming to an end we find ourselves
truly appreciating this hidden gem in the local music scene, if ever the world
needed a flagship to show people what they are missing by not supporting local
artists then I for one believe this album could be just that, another fine song
to add to the every growing, flawless collection.
Friday
Night Lights
Come on, you all saw it coming! The second track to
feature on both albums and by far the most popular track, or at least one of
them that Jonny plays live, Friday Night Lights has been a popular choice in
the past and to include it in this album is a wise choice, some people may be
thinking ‘well…he has used two old songs in a new album, I feel a little
cheated’ well to those people I say this, fuck off, any fan would appreciate
different versions of their favourite songs on new releases, if anything it is
a sign to show that Jonny is carrying his past into the future and bringing
with him all the fond memories he has
built in such a vibrant playing career.
Let’s
Go Home
The final track from the album, and a beautiful closing
to another flawless release from Jonny Gill, to use the word mature is very
cliché but I believe that in some aspects this album has shown that Jonny’s
ability is evolving and growing into something even more brilliant than
previously known, his writing skills are unquestionable and his vocal and
playing talent are becoming very distinct, soon enough people will be able to
listen to the opening seconds to a song and recognise it as one of his own, a
true talent in an otherwise lacklustre music environment full of pop star wannabes and screaming fan girls all after teenage pop sensations, musicians
and artists like Jonny Gill produce world class material and expect nothing in
return, they perform for the love of music and to get their messages out there
to anyone who will listen, its our job to ensure that everyone with functioning
ears and enough brain cells to tell the difference between left and right hears
these hard working artists and we can start by shedding light on Jonny and his
consistent hard work and passion.
I believe there a few days left to get your hands on a
limited edition release of ‘Its Summer Lets Go Home’ I have ordered myself two,
what are you waiting for?
Final Riff Rating: R R R R R R *the extra ‘R’ is for
RIFFDICULOUS! Amazing release and quite easily one of our favourite releases of
the year’
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