Jim Bob

Jim Bob – Thanks For Reaching Out (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 37:46 minutes | 427 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Cherry Red Records

It’s Jim Bob’s 12th solo studio album, a stone cold masterpiece. Featuring 38 minutes of pop, punk rock and devastatingly moving ballads . With a second disc ‘This is My Mixtape’, a collection of cover versions recorded especially for the album.

More topical than an episode of Newsnight, with songs about Putin (‘The Day of Reckoning’), the Taliban (‘This Is End Times’) and whoever ‘Billionaire in Space’ is about. It’s not all doom and gloom though (it’s mostly doom and gloom). ‘Sebastian’s Gone On A Ridelaong’ is a hilarious psychobilly romp and the pre- coronation written ‘Prince of Wales’ is like a pub lock-in, it’s Bowie’s ‘Kooks’ for older people.

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Jim Bob – Who Do We Hate Today? (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 36:41 minutes | 403 MB | Genre: Alternative Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Cherry Red Records

After releasing no new music for almost a decade, singer-songwriter Jim Bob has announced his second album in a year. It’s another silver-tongued snapshot of modern life in Britain from the singer-songwriter, musician and author.

Following 2020’s critically acclaimed, chart smashing, hiatus breaking ‘Pop Up Jim Bob’ album, the artist formerly known as Jim Bob from Carter USM is back with his second album in as many years. ‘Who Do We Hate Today’ is another silver-tongued snapshot of modern life in Britain from the singer-songwriter, musician and author. Jim’s new record reflects on everything from the end of the world and social distancing, to key workers, lonely elephants and living in fear of a random attack. Recorded in South London with The Hoodrats, Jim uses thirteen tracks and thirty-seven minutes to bring us new songs as catchy as they are contrasting.
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