Draft:Jacob Slater
{{Short description|English singer-songwriter}}
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{{AFC comment|1=I'm going to beg you to convert all those references into inline citations. The only inline citation doesn't seem to verify much. Please, if you really found that many source about the subject, at least, write a bit more about the person. You didn't even mention when and where he was born! ABG (Talk/Report any mistakes here) 02:33, 28 January 2025 (UTC)}}
{{AFC comment|1=Individual notability has not been demonstrated for Slater. Please add references that are more about him and less about the band. Frost 15:48, 9 January 2025 (UTC)}}
{{AFC comment|1=Please use inline citations (WP:CITEHOW). --Johannes (Talk) (Contribs) (Articles) 01:58, 1 January 2025 (UTC)}}
{{AFC comment|1=Please use more sources showing he meets our notability standards for musicians -Samoht27 (talk) 21:52, 18 December 2024 (UTC)}}
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Jacob Slater{{Cite web |title=Jacob Slater |url=https://www.communionmusic.co.uk/artists/jacob-slater |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=Communion Music |language=en}}(born September 1997) is the lead singer and guitarist of English rock band Wunderhorse. He also featured as frontman and guitarist in the now defunct band Dead Pretties{{Cite web |title=Dead Pretties - Nice Swan Records - Artist - Roster |url=https://www.niceswanrecords.com/roster/deadpretties/ |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=Nice Swan Records |language=en-US}} and released a solo album, ‘Pinky, I Love You’, on 4th August 2023 via Communion.{{Cite web |date=2023-05-24 |title=Wunderhorse frontman Jacob Slater announces debut solo record, Pinky, I Love You whynow |url=https://whynow.co.uk/read/jacob-slater-announces-pinky-i-love-you |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=whynow |language=en-GB}} Slater has cited Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Elliott Smith and Morphine as musical influences.
Life
Slater left home at age 17 and moved to London to pursue a career in music. He then went onto meet Oscar Browne and the now drummer in FEET{{Cite web |title=Dead Pretties - Nice Swan Records - Artist - Roster |url=https://www.niceswanrecords.com/roster/deadpretties/ |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=Nice Swan Records |language=en-US}}, Ben Firth and formed the short-lived punk outfit Dead Pretties. The band released three singles{{Cite web |title=Dead Pretties |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/1G1vSdh0wuYFKr1bUpBhUc |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=Spotify |language=en}} before disbanding in 2017.{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/deadpretties/p/BaeFPt1Dwh_/?hl=en-gb |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=www.instagram.com}}
References
Williams, S. (2024). Wunderhorse’s Jacob Slater On Finding Voice, Making Indie-Rock Triumph. [online] Billboard. Available at: https://www.billboard.com/music/features/wunderhorse-jacob-slater-talks-midas-album-indie-rock-breakthrough-1235845307
Potter, J. (2022). Jacob Slater mines gold in debut Wunderhorse album ‘Cub’. [online] Far Out Magazine. Available at: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/jacob-slater-reflective-wunderhorse-debut-cub/
BBC. (2024). Chris Hawkins sits… with Jacob Slater of Wunderhorse. [online] Available at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0023p1m
Buckley, C. (2024). Interview: Wunderhorse’s Jacob Slater on ‘Midas,’ Their Perfectly Unrefined Second LP - Atwood Magazine. [online] Atwood Magazine. Available at: https://atwoodmagazine.com/midas-wunderhorse-album-interview-music-feature-2024/
Hero. (2021). Wunderhorse’s Jacob Slater on simmering down but certainly not softening up. [online] Available at: https://hero-magazine.com/article/194880/wunderhorse.
Trewhela, L. (2022). Jacob’s rise from surf instructor to ‘the new Sam Fender’. [online] Cornwall Live. Available at: https://www.cornwalllive.com/whats-on/music-nightlife/wunderhorse-jacob-slaters-journey-cornwall-7835406
FX. (2022). Jacob Slater as Paul ‘Cookie’ Cook in Pistol. [online] Available at: https://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/pistol/cast/jacob-slater-paul-cook
External links
- {{IMDb name|nm12222770}}
- [https://open.spotify.com/artist/41pd7r1XBRsvdxY3vHEgib?si=Jzsx-ZhcQFWejj-LnmJIOA Wunderhorse - Spotify]