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| lemonade kid |
Posted - 08/03/2021 : 14:36:07
Hey Jerome,
Been listening to your great LP Ashes Of Summertime today and was wondering how I can share tracks for the masses here, to turn them onto your fine music? Is it still available for fans?
Such a fine trip. Any new music coming out?
"My biggest influences are Love (of course), the Byrds, the Beatles, Syd Barrett, the Stone Roses, but so much 60s psych from both sides of the Atlantic feeds into what I do." -Jerome
Cheers
Scott
Jerome Smail
Ashes of Summertime
self-released; 2016
3.7 out of 5
By Jamie Robash
Since my high school days back in the good ole ‘90s I’ve been a fan of Britpop. And Britpop since the ‘90s and before has always lyrically had such a great, to me at least but I’m sure countless others as well, lack of concern for its subject matter. The songs’ subject matter is unequally as beautiful as the music. I think of the Beatles “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer,” the Stones “Mother’s Little Helper” or The Stone Roses “Mersey Paradise,” whose tunes musically are beautiful and intricate yet their themes are violent and beautifully depressing. I don’t know maybe I’m just a glutton for punishment and terse beauty all the same.
I found myself in this same dimension when I started off listening to London singer/songwriter Jerome Smail’s debut record Ashes of Summertime. I got a whiff of this old reminiscence in the Smiths sounding opener “Pleasure From Your Pain” which includes the line “You’ll see me smiling as your life slips down the drain,” which is delivered with a nonchalant English monotone that even had me, a self-described asshole, blushing. I mean what a line! Next we follow it up with the melancholy “Forever Seems So Long,” which lays down the law with the mirroring afflictions of an enigmatic line like “time has come and gone / I cannot move on.” Then comes the frightening and sparse folksy acoustic “December Rose.”
Things pick up next on slightly rocking “Morning After” which gets some chain smoking vocal effects by way of Garage Band effects and a little bit of electric sitar or some keyboardish effects. Totally reminded me of the Charlatans in a way, as did the washed out “The Waved Rolled Back” with its synth-pop orchestration but even more so as it rolled into the upbeat “Long Way From Home.” Things take an ethereal and Pink Floyd style turn on the woozy “Lost and Found” and then change gears on the jumpy and guitar-centric rocker “All Gone.”
On Ashes of Summertime Jerome Smail claws away at several different eras of his native Britpop sometimes landing blows and at others sounding like he’s not quite got the footing right. This is not a jab. I quite liked his misses in the way I often find I like my own.
#8203;The fact is he tried and maybe missed a bit of footing here and there but none of these tracks suffer for it but rather show a voice that is trying things and is succeeding and faltering at the same time. I applaud Smail for trying out a diverse range of styles on an album, even though not all of them suit his best interest. To me it shows he is willing to risk failure in his early work in order to make future offerings more rounded. Art is always a risk and I wouldn’t be surprised if these early works both breed better offerings in the future.
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The actual writing of a song usually comes in the form of a realisation.
I can't contrive a song. – GENE CLARK
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| lemonade kid |
Posted - 01/11/2022 : 21:51:17
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Originally posted by Fred in Bed
Just a note to say I've just released a new song, Ghost Of Love, on Bandcamp that's a tribute to Arthur and Love - there are a few clues in the lyrics, and the title of course. (It's actually Ghost Of Love pt 2 but I haven't finished pt 1 yet - go figure!)
https://jeromesmail.bandcamp.com
Thank you, Jerome!
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The actual writing of a song usually comes in the form of a realisation.
I can't contrive a song. – GENE CLARK
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| Fred in Bed |
Posted - 29/10/2022 : 00:51:29
Just a note to say I've just released a new song, Ghost Of Love, on Bandcamp that's a tribute to Arthur and Love - there are a few clues in the lyrics, and the title of course. (It's actually Ghost Of Love pt 2 but I haven't finished pt 1 yet - go figure!)
https://jeromesmail.bandcamp.com
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| lemonade kid |
Posted - 25/09/2021 : 15:30:52
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Originally posted by Fred in Bed
Sorry guys, I changed it back to https://jeromesmail.bandcamp.com/ forgetting how it would affect posted links!
All my Thumbs Up!
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The actual writing of a song usually comes in the form of a realisation.
I can't contrive a song. – GENE CLARK
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| Fred in Bed |
Posted - 24/09/2021 : 20:01:15
Sorry guys, I changed it back to https://jeromesmail.bandcamp.com/ forgetting how it would affect posted links! |
| lemonade kid |
Posted - 20/09/2021 : 17:08:41
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Originally posted by The sweet disorder
Jerome
Is this link still working? I'm not getting anything when I click on?
Cheers
TSD
This? No...it seems to be gone.
That's the name of Jerome's latest venture..."Hieronymusic..."
https://hieronymusic.bandcamp.com/releases
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The actual writing of a song usually comes in the form of a realisation.
I can't contrive a song. – GENE CLARK
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| The sweet disorder |
Posted - 18/09/2021 : 22:07:44
Jerome
Is this link still working? I'm not getting anything when I click on?
Cheers
TSD |
| lemonade kid |
Posted - 09/09/2021 : 16:02:50
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Originally posted by Fred in Bed
I intend to dig out those old tracks and put them up somewhere soon so I'll post a link when I do.
Good to hear. I have wanted to share your music when I try to describe it to friends. This will help!
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The actual writing of a song usually comes in the form of a realisation.
I can't contrive a song. – GENE CLARK
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| Fred in Bed |
Posted - 06/09/2021 : 14:36:32
I intend to dig out those old tracks and put them up somewhere soon so I'll post a link when I do. |
| lemonade kid |
Posted - 05/09/2021 : 20:28:10
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Originally posted by Fred in Bed
Hey guys, just seen this - thanks so much, I really appreciate the interest in my music. It's taken me a while to get recording again for various reasons but I'm back in the saddle now and have put out a few tracks here:
https://hieronymusic.bandcamp.com/releases
I hope to get some more down in the coming months.
Hey, Jerome! Have been listening to "Ashes Of Summer" a lot lately that you shared...cheers!
Would love to be able to share some from that here...none on youtube though?
Hmmm...so you are Hieronymus EP? Ha! I recognize your vocals...email me if you like.
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The actual writing of a song usually comes in the form of a realisation.
I can't contrive a song. – GENE CLARK
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| Fred in Bed |
Posted - 05/09/2021 : 13:50:11
Hey guys, just seen this - thanks so much, I really appreciate the interest in my music. It's taken me a while to get recording again for various reasons but I'm back in the saddle now and have put out a few tracks here:
https://hieronymusic.bandcamp.com/releases
I hope to get some more down in the coming months. |
| lemonade kid |
Posted - 29/05/2021 : 19:00:35
And Greg Copeland! Greg has been around for 50 years and he has just three albums to date...this new one is his best.
High school chum of Jackson Browne - described by Jackson as the "Soul Surfer"
Yes, we need some new good stuff like this from the kids!
For Lou Reed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxbjnM-wn9I&list=OLAK5uy_muGZEDwY_y2kV5MAWxUTroxfD-pwYPG_c
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The actual writing of a song usually comes in the form of a realisation.
I can't contrive a song. – GENE CLARK
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| Kula John |
Posted - 05/05/2021 : 13:43:34
This session is a few years old now, but I think James Mercer is one of the best contemporary song writers out there.
The Shins and Broken Bells have both produced some amazing music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxHq0ktPh_s
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For the time that I've been given's such a little while and the things that I must do consist of more than style....
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| LeeRob |
Posted - 03/05/2021 : 20:56:46
Reading an issue of the British Music Mag Uncut, I find that Gerry Marsden (of Gerry and the Pacemakers) has died, and also Hinton Valentine, who played that great guitar line in the Animals' House of the Rising Sun. We are losing the old timers. There are very few super stars on the rise today. Dylan, McCartney and others are aging fast.
I don't listen to much hip hop, but I think today's is the worst ever. There are some good artists still making good releases like Bruno Mars and Carrie Underwood. What will music be like in fifty years. Kid you are absolutely right in urging we GET BACK TO THE MESSAGE BOARD!
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| lemonade kid |
Posted - 11/03/2021 : 21:59:46
Good to hear from you, TSD! Cheers!
We need to get this thread active like the old daze!quote:
Originally posted by The sweet disorder
Hey LK
Was wondering this myself as both Jerome's soundcloud and bandcamp no longer seem to be active. Hope he does make a return soon as I also enjoyed his music,
TSD
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The actual writing of a song usually comes in the form of a realisation.
I can't contrive a song. – GENE CLARK
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| The sweet disorder |
Posted - 09/03/2021 : 16:30:45
Hey LK
Was wondering this myself as both Jerome's soundcloud and bandcamp no longer seem to be active. Hope he does make a return soon as I also enjoyed his music,
TSD |
