JAWS THE SHARK RELEASES NEW SINGLE FEATURING
DEAF HAVANA FRONTMAN, JAMES VECK-GILODI!
LISTEN TO GOT IT MADE HERE
ALSO ANNOUNCES UK/EU HEADLINE TOUR FOR SEPTEMBER
TICKETS ON SALE TOMORROW AT 10AM HERE
DEBUT ALBUM WASTELAND WILL BE RELEASED ON 19TH JULY
PRE-SAVE HERE
Credit: Louise Thomas
Multi-instrumentalist Jaws The Shark (real name Olly Bailey), has today released his brand new scuzzy single, Got It Made. Teaming up with Deaf Havana’s lead vocalist James Veck-Gilodi, the track hears the pair’s vocals perfectly complementing each other’s, culminating in a compelling chorus.
Olly explains how Got It Made came to be, “I remember writing the main intro riff for it by just subconsciously playing around with an acoustic one day sat on my sofa, something caught my ear and I thought hmm, that reminds me of Smashing Pumpkins. I just went and tried to make it as heavy as I could, which was quite liberating to be honest. Rather than shy away from the comparison I just thought I’d lean it to it and see where it went. I was around at James’s place one night and showed him the track, and asked if he fancied having a go at one of the verses, and the rest is history!”
Alongside the release of Got It Made, arrives the announcement of Jaws The Shark’s UK/EU headline tour. Kicking things off at Kazimer Stockroom in Liverpool on 13th September, the tour will then span cities including Manchester, Leeds, St. Albans, Paris, Chalon-Sur-Saône, London, where the Devon-born artist will headline The Grace on 25th September, and then Portsmouth before wrapping things up in Southampton, at Heartbreakers on 27th September. Tickets go on sale tomorrow at 10am, and will be available here.
19th July will see the release of Olly’s long-awaited debut album, Wasteland. The 11-track body of work was written entirely by Olly himself, and produced by previous collaborator, George Perks, at VADA Recording Studios. Performed by Olly, he is also joined by bassist Brendan O’Boyle, and Dinosaur Pile-Up’s Michael Sheils on drums. Pre-save Wasteland here.
Olly clarifies, “Wasteland is an album that I’d been wanting to write for some time now, and one that I’m really proud of personally.Some of the tracks that I write wouldn’t necessarily be put into the Jaws The Shark category when you look back at what I’ve released previously, but I wanted this album to show off some of my versatility that I like to explore when writing songs.”
The indie/alt-rock artist recently released California, the first single to be taken from Wasteland. The fast-paced and swaggering track builds to a blistering chorus, which showcases Olly’s signature raw yet soaring vocals. He has also revealed the official music video, shot by Jamie Korn of Grow Up Sad. The visuals see Olly performing in front of various Californian scenes, and is later joined by a second guitarist, April, who is dressed identically to him. Listen here, and watch video here.
In celebration of both the album announcement and California’s release, Olly headlined London’s Notting Hill Arts Club. He then headlined Off The Square in Manchester, followed by a headline show at The Lanes in Bristol.
2022 saw Olly release his debut EP, Another Day In Paradise, via Nice Swan Records (named ‘one of the best labels in the land’ by Clash Magazine). Shortly after this, he caught the attention of SO Records (home to Placebo, Enter Shikari, Deaf Havana and more), and released his self-titled EP with them. The 4-track release included a collaboration with Dinosaur Pile-Up titled Destroy The World, which has racked up almost 350k streams on Spotify alone. This was then up followed by EP, Cream, which features the title track which garnered support and received radio plays from the likes of BBC Radio 1 presenters, Jack Saunders, Alyx Holcombe and Nels Hylton.
Hailing from a small town in Devon, before relocating to London, Bailey discovered his passion for music at an early age. Drawing inspiration from a wide range of genres, from rock and indie to electronic and shoegaze, he has developed a sound that seamlessly blends different styles together.
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