THE VOLUNTARY BUTLER SCHEME
Tabasco Sole
SINGLE RELEASED 29th JUNE 2009 ON SPLIT RECORDS
Tabasco Sole is the new single from The Voluntary Butler Scheme, aka 23-year old West Midlander Rob Jones. Think of The Jackson 5’s I Want You Back crossed with a Mellow Gold era Black County Beck through Jim Noir’s psych tinged observations, and you’re not far off the poptastic sound of this boombastic track.
London - May 13, 2009
- Rob composed the track on Christmas day (after dinner, and having listened to a Motown compilation with assorted family members) and recorded it, like the rest of his output, on his ultra-basic home set-up in Stourbridge ("just a bedroom full of wires and keyboards.")
- On the B-side there are treats aplenty in new track Split, an ace Akira The Don Mix of Tabasco Sole and a wonderfullz ramschackl cover of the Giorgio Moroder/Phil Oakey classic Together in Electric Dreams. The single will later be found on The Volontary Butler Scheme's debut album, The Volontary Butler Scheme at Breakfast, Dinner, Tea, which is currently being mixed and will be released in July.
- The Volontary Butler Scheme's previous singles have been championed by the NME, BBC Radio1, 2 and 6 music and XFM, and Rob has played sessions for Huw Stephens, Marc Riley,Dermot O' Leary and Jon Kennedy. Declared "one to watch" in publication as diverse as Q magazine and The Sun, even that old nutty boy Suggs has stepped out and declared himself a fan.
- As for the name, it comes from Rob's time living near Bourneville, where voluntary work schemes were set up for laid-off workers Rover workers at the Longbridge pant..."I imagined a voluntary butler scheme - it made me laugh for about 10 seconds - and I haven't laughed at it since!" Rob says.
MULTIMEDIA ELEMENTS
QUOTES
- "Infectious and charming, one-man-band Rob Jones is like a mix of Badly Drawn Boy and Brian Wilsn's more acid-fried work." Q
- "Bubble-gum, call-and-response Motown, manufactured in the Midlands and as sweet as Candy." The Sunday Times
Live performances
Sat 16/5 The Great Escape, Brighton
Thurs 21/5 Stag and Dagger Festival, London
Sun 24/5 International Festival, Manchester
Tue 26/5 Academy 3, Manchester (supporting Jason Lytle)
Thurs 28/5 Islington Academy, London (supporting Jason Lytle)
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CONTACT INFORMATION
- Kevin Marston (Agency)
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