Taste It is the new EP from Jake Bugg, the eighteen year old Nottingham-born troubadour who is emerging as one of the most original voices of the last 12 months. Armed with a guitar and the songwriting chops of someone older and wiser, his sharp lyrics illustrate his brilliant two to three minute vignettes about growing up, city life and beyond. A world away from his contemporaries who deal in beats and mics, his is a more old fashioned approach but no less fresh or thrilling. It’s a modern twist on classic songwriting. He is constantly learning, constantly evolving, and with ‘Taste It’ you can see the constant forward motion in his writing.
 
From debut single ‘Trouble Town’ Jake Bugg’s reputation has spread through word of mouth, testifying that he is a special act, a once-a-year artist who crosses authenticity with mainstream appeal effortlessly. From appearing on the BBC Introducing Stage at Glastonbury last year, Jake has had brilliant support from Radio 1. His most recent single ‘Lightning Bolt’ picked up an unprecedented four Record Of The Weeks from Zane Lowe, Fearne Cotton, Greg James and Huw Stephens,  whilst Zane Lowe has made Jake Hottest record In The World twice now following his first play of ‘Taste it’ recently. At 6 Music Steve Lamacq has championed Jake from the start. Strong support has also come from NME, The Observer, i-D, The Fly, Clash, Notion and more.
 
Tracklisting:
 
Taste It
Kentucky
Love Me The Way You Do
Green Man
 
Jake has a new set of live dates coming up this autumn, many of which have been upgraded from their original venues already. In addition he has been added to T In The Park and Reading/Leeds alongside many other festivals. These all follow recent support slots with Michael Kiwanuka and Lana Del Rey.
 
July dates:
 
Sat 7                      Lounge On The Farm, Canterbury
Sun 8                     Newcastle Music Live at Hoults Yard
Fri 20                     Port Eliot Festival
Sat 21                    Splendour In The Grass, Nottingham
Sun 22                   Secret Garden Party
Fri 27                     Cambridge Folk Festival
Sat 28                    Cliff Castle Park, Keighley
Sun 29                   Nozstock, Herefordshire
 
August dates:
 
Fri 3                       Y Not Festival, Matlock
Sun 5                     Stockton Weekender
Fri 10                     Boardmasters, Newquay
Sat 11                    Wilderness, Cornbury Park
Sat 18                    Summer Sundae Weekender
Sat 25                    Reading Festival
Sun 26                   Leeds Festival
 
November dates:
Mon 12                  Birmingham HMV Institute
Tue 13                   Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
Wed 14                  London Koko
Thu 15                   Bristol Thekla
Sat 17                    Manchester Club Academy
Sun 18                   Leeds Cockpit
Mon 19                  York Fibbers
Wed 21                  Glasgow King Tuts
Thu 22                   Newcastle Academy 2
Fri 23                     Nottingham Rescue Rooms
 
www.facebook.com/jakebugguk
www.jakebugg.com