Jack Peñate
{{short description|English musician (born 1984)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2013}}
{{BLP sources|date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Jack Peñate
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|9|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = London, England
| instrument = {{flatlist|
- Vocals
- guitar
- keyboards
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| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Singer
- songwriter
- musician
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| years_active = 2005–present
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| associated_acts = {{flatlist|
- Jack's Basement
- The Maccabees
- Talk Taxis
- Adele
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Jack Peñate (born 2 September 1984) is an English singer, songwriter, producer, and musician.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecut.com/2020/04/they-seem-cool-jack-penate.html|title=The Musician Who's As Fierce As a Bear|first=Devine|last=Blacksher|date=16 April 2020|website=The Cut}}
Early life
Peñate was born in London on 2 September 1984, the son of an English mother and a Spanish father.{{cite web |url= https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/noughties-swing-26324344.html |title=Noughties swing |work=Irish Independent |year=2007 |access-date=16 November 2019}} His maternal grandfather was author Mervyn Peake.{{cite web |url= http://www.mervynpeake.org/biography.html |title=Mervyn Peake biography – 1911–1968 |work=mervynpeake.org |year=2013 |access-date=29 August 2015}} He attended Alleyn's School in Dulwich alongside Jessie Ware, The Maccabees, and Florence Welch.{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/jessie-ware-school-days-with-florence-welch-jack-penate-and-the-maccabees-rocked-8523869.html|title=Jessie Ware: School days with Florence Welch, Jack Peñate and The Maccabees rocked|first=Miranda|last=Bryant|date=7 March 2013|website=The Standard}}
Career
Peñate released debut album Matinée in 2007 and second album Everything Is New in 2009.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/jun/19/jack-penate-everything-is-new|title=Jack Penate, Everything Is New|first=Alexis|last=Petridis|date=18 June 2009|newspaper=The Guardian}}{{Cite web|url=https://drownedinsound.com/releases/14467/reviews/4137159-|title=Album Review: Jack Peñate - Everything Is New|date=18 June 2009|website=DrownedInSound}} In June 2015 he said he was working on new material, releasing his first new music in 5 years in 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/jack-penate-new-music-a-thousand-faces-mix-2234034|title=Jack Peñate is back with his first new music in over five years|first=Sam|last=Moore|website=NME |date=1 February 2018}} After a decade without an album,{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/features/music-interviews/jack-penate-new-album-after-you-decade-absence-2590324|title=Jack Peñate on new album 'After You' and his lengthy absence: "10 years was too long"|first=Rhian|last=Daly|website=NME |date=20 December 2019}} he released his third album After You in 2019.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/dec/01/jack-penate-after-you-review|title=Jack Peñate: After You review – expansive third album|first=Tara|last=Joshi|newspaper=The Observer |date=1 December 2019|via=The Guardian}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/jack-penate-after-you-review-a4300196.html|title=Adele's old pal Jack Peñate returns with ambitious, eclectic new songs|first=David|last=Smyth|date=29 November 2019|website=The Standard}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/nov/29/jack-penate-after-you-review|title=Jack Peñate: After You review – getting tastefully high|first=Michael|last=Hann|date=29 November 2019|newspaper=The Guardian}}
Since 2021 Peñate has collaborated with Inflo and the collective Sault across several albums, including 11 which in May 2023 won the Ivor Novello Award for "Best Album".{{Cite web|url=https://ivorsacademy.com/news/winners-of-the-ivors-2023-announced/|title=Winners of The Ivors 2023 announced|website=Ivors Academy |date=18 May 2023}} Peñate alongside producer Inflo, vocalists Cleo Sol and Chronixx were joint recipients of the award.
In November 2023, Sault announced their first live performance, teasing that they would play an unreleased album of material. The tour was initiated on 14 December in London with Peñate featuring as a guest performer, the show included songs from an at the time unreleased album Acts of Faith.{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/sault-drumsheds-live-inflo-little-simz-cleo-sol-live-review-b1127172.html/|title=Sault live at Drumsheds review: Show of the year? That's an understatement – this is an all-timer|website=The Standard |date=15 December 2023}}
In June 2024, Peñate appeared on stage playing guitar with Little Simz at the 2024 Glastonbury Festival.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/glastonbury-2024-fans-react-jack-penate-little-simz-guitarist-3770449|title=Glastonbury 2024: Fans react to Jack Peñate as Little Simz's guitarist|first=Adam|last=England|website=NME |date=30 June 2024}}
Discography
=Songwriting and production credits=
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| scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Artist ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Songwriter ! scope="col" colspan="4"| Producer |
|---|
| scope="col"| Primary
! scope="col"| Secondary ! scope="col"| Additional ! scope="col"| Vocal |
| scope="row"| "Bitter Streets"
| 2021 | Sault | Nine | {{tick}} | | | |
| scope="row"| "Fear"
| 2021 | Sault | Nine | {{tick}} | | | |
| scope="row"| "Above The Sky"
| 2022 | Sault | {{tick}} | | | |
| scope="row"| "Heal The World"
| 2022 | Sault | {{tick}} | | | |
| scope="row"| "In The Beginning"
| 2022 | Sault | {{tick}} | | | |
| scope="row"| "Lion"
| 2022 | Sault | {{tick}} | | | |
| scope="row"| "Money"
| 2022 | Sault | {{tick}} | | | |
| scope="row"| "Run"
| 2022 | Sault | {{tick}} | | | |
| scope="row"| "The Greatest Smile"
| 2022 | Sault | {{tick}} | | | |
| scope="row"| "The Jungle"
| 2022 | Sault | {{tick}} | | | |
| scope="row"| "The Plan"
| 2022 | Sault | {{tick}} | | | |
| scope="row"| "The Return"
| 2022 | Sault | {{tick}} | | | |
| scope="row"| "Fields"
| 2022 | Sault | Earth | {{tick}} | | | |
| scope="row"| "Life We Rent But Love Is Rent Free"
| 2022 | Sault | {{tick}} | | | |
| scope="row"| "Love Will Free Your Mind"
| 2022 | Sault | {{tick}} | | | |
| scope="row"| "We Are Gods"
| 2022 | Sault | {{tick}} | | | |
| scope="row"| "Angel"
| 2022 | Sault | Angel EP | {{tick}} | | | |
| scope="row"| "Envious"
| 2022 | Sault | 11 | {{tick}} | | | |
| scope="row"| "Fear No One"
| 2022 | Sault | 11 | {{tick}} | | | |
| scope="row"| "Fight For Love"
| 2022 | Sault | 11 | {{tick}} | | | |
| scope="row"| "Glory"
| 2022 | Sault | 11 | {{tick}} | | | |
| scope="row"| "Higher"
| 2022 | Sault | 11 | {{tick}} | | | |
| scope="row"| "In The Air"
| 2022 | Sault | 11 | {{tick}} | | | |
| scope="row"| "Jack’s Gift"
| 2022 | Sault | 11 | {{tick}} | | | |
| scope="row"| "Morning Sun"
| 2022 | Sault | 11 | {{tick}} | | | |
| scope="row"| "River"
| 2022 | Sault | 11 | {{tick}} | | | |
| scope="row"| "The Circle"
| 2022 | Sault | 11 | {{tick}} | | | |
| scope="row"| "Together"
| 2022 | Sault | 11 | {{tick}} | | |
| scope="row"| "Intro"
| 2023 | Jayda G | Guy | {{tick}} | | {{tick}} | |
| scope="row"| "Blue Lights"
| 2023 | Jayda G | Guy | {{tick}} | | {{tick}} | |
| scope="row"| "Heads Or Tails"
| 2023 | Jayda G | Guy | {{tick}} | | {{tick}} | |
| scope="row"| "Scars"
| 2023 | Jayda G | Guy | {{tick}} | | {{tick}} | |
| scope="row"| "Interlude: I Got Tired Of Running"
| 2023 | Jayda G | Guy | {{tick}} | | {{tick}} | |
| scope="row"| "Lonely Back In O"
| 2023 | Jayda G | Guy | {{tick}} | | {{tick}} | |
| scope="row"| "Your Thoughts"
| 2023 | Jayda G | Guy | {{tick}} | | {{tick}} | |
| scope="row"| "Interlude: It Was Beautiful"
| 2023 | Jayda G | Guy | {{tick}} | | {{tick}} | |
| scope="row"| "Meant To Be"
| 2023 | Jayda G | Guy | {{tick}} | | {{tick}} | |
| scope="row"| "Circle Back Around"
| 2023 | Jayda G | Guy | {{tick}} | | {{tick}} | |
| scope="row"| "When She Dance"
| 2023 | Jayda G | Guy | {{tick}} | | {{tick}} | |
| scope="row"| "Sapphires Of Gold"
| 2023 | Jayda G | Guy | {{tick}} | | {{tick}} | |
| scope="row"| "15 Foot"
| 2023 | Jayda G | Guy | {{tick}} | | {{tick}} | |
| scope="row"| "Airplane"
| 2023 | Cleo Sol | Heaven | {{tick}} | | | |
| scope="row"| "Love Will Lead You There"
| 2023 | Cleo Sol | Heaven | {{tick}} | |
| scope="row"| "Movie Love"
| 2023 | Movie Love (Single) | {{tick}} | | {{tick}} | |
| scope="row"| "No Time" (feat. Jack Peñate)
| 2023 | {{tick}} | | | |
| scope="row"| "Lover, You Should Have Come Over"
| 2023 | Elmiene | Single | | | {{tick}} | |
| scope="row"| "If We Only Knew" (From the documentary film Blue Carbon)
| 2024 | Jayda G | Single | {{tick}} | | {{tick}} | |
| scope="row"| "Highwood House"
| 2024 | {{tick}} | | {{tick}} | |
| scope="row"| "Purple Yellow"
| 2024 | {{tick}} | | {{tick}} | |
| scope="row"| "Cry Without End"
| 2024 | {{tick}} | | {{tick}} | |
| scope="row"| "Sharing My Body"
| 2024 | Treanne | 20/20 EP | | | {{tick}} | |
| scope="row"| "It's Ur Birthday"
| 2024 | Treanne | 20/20 EP | | | {{tick}} | |
| scope="row"| "Please"
| 2024 | Treanne | 20/20 EP | {{tick}} | | {{tick}} | |
| scope="row"| "Reasons"
| 2024 | Treanne | 20/20 EP | {{tick}} | | {{tick}} | |
| scope="row"| "A Cloud Never Dies"
| 2024 | A Cloud Never Dies | {{tick}} | | {{tick}} | |
| scope="row"| "A Prayer For Land"
| 2024 | A Cloud Never Dies | {{tick}} | | {{tick}} | |
| scope="row"| "Interlude"
| 2024 | A Cloud Never Dies | {{tick}} | | {{tick}} | |
| scope="row"| "Invocation"
| 2024 | A Cloud Never Dies | {{tick}} | | {{tick}} | |
| scope="row"| "Convocation"
| 2024 | A Cloud Never Dies | {{tick}} | | {{tick}} | |
| scope="row"| "Thay Ol"
| 2024 | A Cloud Never Dies | {{tick}} | | {{tick}} | |
| scope="row"| "Arrived"
| 2024 | A Cloud Never Dies | {{tick}} | | {{tick}} | |
| scope="row"| "Don’t Wait"
| 2024 | A Cloud Never Dies | {{tick}} | | {{tick}} | |
| scope="row"| "Recommendation"
| 2024 | A Cloud Never Dies | {{tick}} | | {{tick}} | |
| scope="row"| "Paradise State of Mind"
| 2024 | {{tick}} | | |
=Albums=
=Singles=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
!scope="col" rowspan="2"|Title !scope="col" rowspan="2"|Year !scope="col" colspan="2"|Peak chart positions |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%"| UK !scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%"| UK |
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| scope="row"|"Second, Minute or Hour"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|2006 |align="center"|17 |align="center"|1 |
| scope="row"|"Spit at Stars"{{cite web|title=Jack Penate discography|url=http://musicbrainz.org/artist/9b64cf5d-1f4a-45b5-a84a-5109a88f178f|publisher=MusicBrainz|access-date=22 November 2013}}{{cite web|title=Jack Penate discography|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Jack+Pe%C3%B1ate#t=Releases_Singles-EPs&q=&p=1|publisher=Discogs|access-date=22 November 2013}}
|align="center"|— |align="center"|— |
| scope="row"|"Torn on the Platform"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|2007 |align="center"|7 |align="center"|1 |
| scope="row"|"Have I Been a Fool"
|align="center"|73 |align="center"|3 |
| scope="row"|"Tonight's Today"
|rowspan="3"|2009 |align="center"|23 |align="center"|1 |
| scope="row"|"Be the One"
|align="center"|35 |align="center"|3 |
| scope="row"|"Pull My Heart Away"
|align="center"|99 |align="center"|— |
| scope="row"|"Prayer"
|2019 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |
| scope="row"|"Not Enough"
|align="center"|2020 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |
| scope="row"|"No Law"
|align="center"|2020 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |
| scope="row"|"No One Died"
|align="center"|2020 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |
| scope="row"|"Remember in New York"
|align="center"|2020 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |
| scope="row"|"Crumbs"
|align="center"|2021 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |
| scope="row"|"Scars"
|align="center"|2022 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |
Awards and nominations
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|+ !Year !Association !Category !Nominated Work !Result !Ref. |
| 2023
|Best Album |11 |{{Won}} }} |
References
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External links
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- {{Discogs artist}}
- [http://www.playlive.fm/ecover/mxp4/jackpenate/ Official widget]
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Category:People from Blackheath, London
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Category:People educated at Alleyn's School
Category:Alumni of University College London
Category:XL Recordings artists