Artist: Jess and the Bandits
Release: ‘World Still Round’
Following up their hugely
successful single ‘White Lies’, which was recently added to the ‘Very Nearly
Nashville’ playlist on Spotify, Jess and
the Bandits are continuing the momentum with the release of their new
single ‘World Still Round’.
Written and originally recorded
by Logan Brill, ‘World Still Round’
is one of Jess’ personal favourites from the group’s #10 (UK Official Country Artists Albums Chart Top 20) charting
album SMOKE AND MIRRORS:
“One of our favourites on the
album is World Still Round. This song was introduced to us by some people in
our team and as soon as we heard it we knew we had to record it. We weren’t
100% positive it would go on the album simply because the original version by
the writer, Logan Brill, is so fantastic but we gave it our own spin and hope
we did it justice and that people enjoy it just as much!”
The fiery five-piece were
recently invited by Bob Harris (OBE)
to perform at The Warehouse in Harrogate at his ‘Under The Apple Tree’ event,
where they recorded a live session, including a performance of the new single,
watch the video, published on May 8, 2018 here:
To celebrate the release, Jess is
going to be running a house gig competition every month until September for
fans all over the UK. Keep an eye on the social media pages for updates!
CHART SUCCESS for
Released Sept 15, 2017 on the
rolling week Official UK Country Album Top 20 (Chart
Week Ending 28 Sept 2017) SMOKE
AND MIRRORS made a debut at No.10 and stayed on the chart for 2 weeks. That
was four places lower than 2015’s #6 bow
Official Country Chart charting HERE WE GO AGAIN.
UK Country iTunes Album Chart Run
DEBUTS AT #1 on UK
Country iTunes Albums! HMV Recommended!
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 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.
Watch the original cut by Logan Brill - "World Still
Round" (Official Music Video) published on Dec 12, 2015. Directed by
Preston Leatherman. The video has been shown on Keep It Country TV.
It
first appeared on Logan’s terrific
10 track album SHUTEYE
(Carnival Recording Company | Amazon UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com ) released on June 2, 2015.
About Jess and the Bandits:
Frontwoman Jessica Clemmons, the singer-songwriter from Houston, Texas with
the big voice and the warm personality, bonded with the four Brits who make up
the Bandits over their mutual love of the music. They’ve turned that shared
affection into some of the most accessible country-pop-rock of the last few
years.
The last couple of years have
been a whirlwind of successes, with playlist support from BBC Radio Two for a
number of their singles, and a wealth of press and TV exposure. Their
performance of ‘Wichita Lineman’ on the late Sir Terry Wogan’s Sunday
morning show sent social media in to a frenzy, with fans demanding the cover
appear on their debut album. It did… and matched with twelve equally impressive
originals, the album soared to number 3 in the UK Country Chart.
In the wake of such success, and
on returning to the US, Jessica headed back to Nashville to write and record
more music. There she collaborated with some of Nashville’s most in demand
song-writers and producers, and forged what she believed would be the band’s
strongest record yet. However, in the lead up to the album’s release in
September 2017 Jessica’s home town of Houston was hit by Hurricane Harvey, and
her family’s home was badly damaged. Distraught and a long way from home,
Jessica postponed her album launch and 14 date UK tour, and headed back to
Texas to help rebuild. Though it was a difficult few months, 2017 ended on a
high note for the fiery Texan, when she wed her true love, after a whirlwind
romance, in a beautifully intimate ceremony near her family home. Her sophomore
album, SMOKE & MIRRORS also
debuted at #3 in the UK Country
Music Chart, whilst single Sister, with its anthemic battle-cry was added to
the BBC Radio 2 Playlist.
Heading back to the UK, Jess and
the Bandits released single White Lies and rescheduled their
headlining tour for February 2018, selling out venues across the UK and ending
with a special Under The Apple Tree show, hosted by Bob Harris.
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