-- Opening with soft strings and John’s distinctively emotional vocal, ‘Temples’ delivers a heady mix of acoustic bliss and heart wrenching lyricism. John’s unique and powerful vocal harbours an unapologetic northern tone, as he pours out lyrics that will tear listeners open and put them back together again. Singing the poignancy of life’s true essence; of love, one-ness and connection. John sings “if you take away the judgment we’re just love / when the temples fall”.
The full video can be seen here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8M4COlMC1k
Temples - Out Now!
John Blaylock is a homegrown Manchester talent and a musical force. Picking up a guitar at 12 years old John fell in love with music and formed a band in his teen years which led to numerous plays by Zane Lowe on Radio 1, plays from Steve Lamacq on Radio 2 as well as being picked for single of the week by Clint Boon for XFM.
This success led to John receiving a commission from Archbishop Desmond Tutu to pen a song celebrating the life of Nelson Mandela. John wrote “Inyaniso” - The Truth. Tutu approved this song, travelling to meet the band before delivering the song as a gift to Nelson Mandela on his 90th birthday.
When the band went their separate ways John decided to pack up and go travelling. So with his guitar on his back John has travelled the world from LA to Tokyo, Europe to South America
His forthcoming debut album is full of, on one hand, beautifully crafted heartfelt songs and, on the other hand, Lennon-like raw, gritty lyrics and loops that will take listeners to the edge to look over for a second, which only artists in the small pool of past greats like Dylan, Cohen, Eminem can do.
He recorded it in North London at Konk studios,the Kinks studio, drafting in Freddie Sheed (Lewis Capaldi’s drummer) to add colour, feel and weight to the bottom end.
The album was produced by duo Guy Massey (double Grammy award winning mix engineer) and Helen Boulding (hit songwriter / producer).
The acoustic guitar is a massive part of John’s sound, with influences like Paul Simon all over his playing.
John cites Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Crosby Stills & Nash, James Taylor, The Birds and The Stone Roses as some of his influences.
Soon to be touring the UK John will be promoting “Temples”, the first single to be released from his brilliant new album. He will be supported by a team including WMA, Hart Media, Catapult National Radio and Absolute Distribution
Contact Info:
Name: John Blaylock
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Organization: Dreadnought Records LTD
Address: 153 Hamilton Rd Manchester, Manchester, England M13 0PL, United Kingdom
Website: https://www.john-blaylock.com
Release ID: 89147651