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WRITTEN LARGE
(a collection of acoustic songs)
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Exilophone Records/Shellshock Cat: Ei075
New Album
We are pleased to announce that Jake has just completed his fantastic new solo acoustic album entitled Written Large.
Jake said:
"There's something old, new, borrowed and blue in there with all 3 My Life Story albums and both ExileInside long players represented alongside 3 new titles".
"The intention of the record is to strip back the arrangements of many songs I have recorded over the past 15 years . Get the essential spirit of the song out there".
The album is available in all good record stores or directly from our online store
For a special message on the album please email Helen and I'll arrange Jake to get his silver pen and sign it for you.
Written Large costs just £11.99 inc postage and packing in UK, only slightly more outside UK (Go here for details).
The full track listing is:
1. Butterfly Wings
2. Hurt You
3. Claret
4. Written Large
5. Antiques
6. One More Time
7. Exile Inside
8. You Can't Uneat The Apple
9. Sunday Tongue
10. Neverland
11.The Waiting Room
12. Under The Ice
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Biography
In 1993, MLS were spotted by Giles Martin, (the son of Beatles legend George) who offered them free time at his fathers studio. The debut single Girl A, Girl B, Boy C was born, a tale of a bizarre love triangle with a big band soundtrack. All foxy horns and horny foxes, it was released by indie label Mother Tongue and possessed a sassy swing which sounded gloriously out of place in the year of grunge. NME and Melody Maker made it their Single of the Week.
Their debut album Mornington Crescent was released to critical acclaim on the same label and MLS toured extensively in the UK and France, headlining over Oasis and supporting both Blur and Pulp. In 1996, MLS signed to Parlophone and released their second album,The Golden Mile. All five singles from the album became top forty hits including 12 Reasons Why I Love Her, Sparkle and Strumpet.
The My Life Story orchestra were in high demand during the Britpop era, with notable appearances on the Morrissey track Interlude, and collaborations with Marc Almond and PJ Proby on the 1996 album Legend.
1999 saw the release of If You Cant Live Without Me Then Why Arent You Dead Yet the first ever internet single.
The third and final album Joined Up Talking was released in 2000, and the band called it a day shortly after their sixth top forty hit Its a Girl Thing.
Now Jake runs his own label Exilophone Records and has begun to re-release much of the now deleted back catalogue. To support these releases Shillingford reassembled 13 original members for three reunion concerts at London's Mean Fiddler, Astoria and The Shepherds Bush Empire in 2006/7.
Jake is currently touring the UK promoting his acoustic album Written Large.
Also Available:
Sex & Violins (The Best of My Life Story) contains 17 tracks in chronological order including 2 previously unreleased songs.
Exilophone Records/Shellshock Cat: Ei066
www.jakeshillingford.com
To contact My Life Story please email:
Helen (Webmistress)
You Can't Uneat the Apple (video) 1997
Sparkle (video) 1996
12 Reasons Why (video) 1996
Strumpet (video) 1997
