Ultimate Painting
{{Short description|English alternative rock band}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2016}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Ultimate Painting
| image = Ultimate Painting.jpg
| caption = Ultimate Painting performing at Jumbo Records, Leeds, September 2016
| image_size =
| alias =
| origin = London, England
| genre = Indie rock
| years_active = 2014–2018
| label = Trouble in Mind, Bella Union
| website = [http://ultimatepainting.tumblr.com/ ultimatepainting.tumblr.com]
| associated_acts = The Beep Seals, Mazes, Veronica Falls, The Proper Ornaments
| past_members = Jack Cooper
James Hoare
}}
Ultimate Painting were an English alternative rock band, formed in London in 2014. The band was composed of co-frontmen Jack Cooper and James Hoare, with a revolving cast of rhythm sections.{{cite web|url=http://www.troubleinmindrecs.com/artists/ultimate-painting/ |title=Artists - Ultimate Painting - Trouble In Mind Records |website=Troubleinmindrecs.com |access-date=2016-11-07}} The band were named after a painting made by the Drop City art community in Colorado in the late 1960s.{{cite web |title=Ultimate Painting "Ultimate Painting" |website=Trouble In Mind Records |url=http://www.troubleinmindrecs.com/ultimate-painting-ultimate-painting/ |access-date=2019-02-16}}
History
The band were formed in 2014 by Blackpool-born singer-guitarist Jack Cooper, who previously fronted Mazes and co-fronted Beep Seals with ex-Alfie guitarist Ian Smith,{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pnC_CAAAQBAJ&q=%22jack+cooper%22+%22beep+seals%22&pg=PT244 |title=The Ballad of Britain: How Music Captured The Soul of a Nation |author=Will Hodgkinson |page=244 |date= May 2012|publisher=Pavilion Books |isbn=9781907554766 |access-date=2016-11-07}} and Torbay-born singer-guitarist James Hoare, who co-fronts Proper Ornaments and also co-fronted Veronica Falls.{{cite web|author=Marc Masters |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20842-green-lanes/ |title=Ultimate Painting: Green Lanes Album Review |publisher=Pitchfork |date=2015-08-03 |access-date=2016-11-07}}
The band signed to Trouble in Mind and released their self-titled debut album in 2014. Follow-up album Green Lanes was released in 2015,{{cite web |last=Lucas |first=Dan |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/18947/reviews/4149275 |title=Album Review: Ultimate Painting - Green Lanes / Releases |website=Drownedinsound.com |date=2015-08-13 |access-date=2016-11-07 |archive-date=17 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917194904/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/18947/reviews/4149275 |url-status=dead }} and the third album Dusk on 30 September 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2016/07/12/ultimate-painting-dusk/ |title=Ultimate Painting :: Dusk |date=12 July 2016 |publisher=Aquarium Drunkard |access-date=2016-11-07}}
In October 2017, the band signed to UK label Bella Union{{Cite web|url=https://bellaunion.com/2017/10/ultimate-painting-sign-to-bella-union/|title=Ultimate Painting sign to Bella Union {{!}} Bella Union|website=bellaunion.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-16}} and it was confirmed that the band were working on their next album at James Hoare's home studio.{{cite web|url=http://ultimatepainting.band/ |title=Ultimate Painting: News |website=Ultimatepainting.band|access-date=November 7, 2017}} On 29 January 2018, the band released Not Gonna Burn Myself Anymore as a digital single{{cite web |last=Union |first=Bella |title=Not Gonna Burn Myself Anymore - Ultimate Painting |website=Qobuz |url=https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/not-gonna-burn-myself-anymore-ultimate-painting/jq4bvhszxa44a |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129195727/https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/not-gonna-burn-myself-anymore-ultimate-painting/jq4bvhszxa44a |archive-date=2018-01-29 |url-status=dead}} and revealed the release date of fourth album Up! for April.{{cite web |url=https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/up-ultimate-painting/qzvwzeb8eueuc |title=Up! | Ultimate Painting – Download and listen to the album |website=www.qobuz.com |access-date=6 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129195641/https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/up-ultimate-painting/qzvwzeb8eueuc |archive-date=29 January 2018 |url-status=dead}}
On 12 February 2018, Jack Cooper announced that the band were splitting up, adding that "the partnership at the core of this band has always been a very fragile thing, but due to an irreconcilable breakdown we will no longer be working with each other". The previously announced album release was cancelled at Cooper's express request and the UK tour to support it was also cancelled.{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/UltimatePaintingOfficial/posts/1446266252150122|title=Ultimate Painting|date=2018-02-12|website=Facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2019-02-16}} Cooper commented on 6 April 2018, the proposed release day of Up!, that he had "had lots of emails, messages and questions about the unreleased UP album ever coming out. I reeeaaally appreciate the curiosity but no, it isn’t coming out. I’m onto to something really fresh and exciting so sit tight!".{{cite web |title=Jack Cooper on Twitter |website=Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/jackc00per/status/982222255689117696 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408134548/https://twitter.com/jackc00per/status/982222255689117696 |archive-date=8 April 2018 |date=2018-04-06 |url-status=dead |access-date=8 April 2018 }}
Discography
=Albums=
- Ultimate Painting (2014)
- Green Lanes (2015)
- Dusk (2016)
- Up! (2018 - unreleased)
=Live albums=
- Live at Third Man Records (2016)
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://ultimatepainting.tumblr.com/ Official Tumblr]
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Category:Indie rock groups from London
Category:Musical groups established in 2014
Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2018