{"product_id":"count041","title":"Jono McCleery - There Is","description":"\u003cp\u003eOkay, draw the curtains, shut the door, sit back, take a deep breath, \r\nrelax, close your eyes, listen. Listen to a voice of simple beauty, a \r\nvoice that can soar through the octaves or duck behind your back, which \r\ncan crack with emotion or hit you hard with its understated delivery. \r\nListen to Jono McCleery. You’ll feel like you should have already heard \r\nhim. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt last, after a long and careful gestation, Jono McCleery is ready to \r\nrelease his first album with Counter Records, \u003cem\u003eThere Is\u003c\/em\u003e. Jamie Woon \r\nrecently described him in The Observer as “a really fantastic…singer-songwriter,” but \u003cem\u003eThere Is\u003c\/em\u003e proves there’s much more to him than \r\nthat. McCleery has taken his wonderful, timeless voice and the sheer \r\nskill of his songwriting and, with producer Fybe’s talent for \r\nelectronics, and Matt Kelly's arrangements, made a startlingly beautiful\r\n and contemporary record. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is so much to admire here. The Bryars-esque string introduction to\r\n “Tomorrow”, leading to a tune worthy of the Cinematic Orchestra. The \r\ntingle down the spine you get when McCleery’s voice first enters on \r\n“Fears”. The stately use of space which turns his version of Black’s \r\n“Wonderful Life” into something considerably darker and more conflicted \r\nthan the original. The music box atmospherics of “Stand Proud” \r\n(featuring Fink on backing vocals) and the way they swell out into a \r\nfragile beauty. The gospel-tinged acappella harmonies of “Raise Me”. The\r\n devastating simplicity of closing track “She Moves”. It’s an album of \r\nso many subtle, classy delights it’s almost a shame to pick any one. The\r\n legendary Vashti Bunyan is also on hand to provide vocals on \"Only\". \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJono McCleery completed his first album, \u003cem\u003eDarkest Light\u003c\/em\u003e, in 2008. The \r\nrecord was self-produced and funded by fans, including folk-star Vashti \r\nBunyan and BBC radio DJs Tom Robinson and Fiona Talkington. Jono has \r\ntoured with the likes of Gil Scott Heron, Jamie Woon, Bonobo, Fink, Jose\r\n Gonzales, Little Dragon and the Portico Quartet and cites his main \r\ninfluences as John Coltrane, Nick Drake, Bill Withers, Jeff Buckley, \r\nJohn Martyn and Nina Simone. With \u003cem\u003eThere Is\u003c\/em\u003e he has made a record of \r\nreal soul and subtlety, one which fully showcases his wonderful voice \r\nbut also works in its own right as a scintillating collection of music.\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ninjatune","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":44934234374303,"sku":"COUNTCD041","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/8563\/5999\/products\/there-is-main.jpg?v=1736246449","url":"https:\/\/merch.ninjatune.net\/products\/count041","provider":"Ninja Tune","version":"1.0","type":"link"}