Jack Peñate : Spit At Stars

Jack Peñate's music is high-energy upbeat Britpop, simple, cheerful and glorious. His 2007 release, Matinée, is one of my favorite releases of all time, chock full of bouncy summer licks, aching to be sung on a sunny day with the windows rolled down. Think "Walking on Sunshine" by Katrina and the Waves, and you'll have a good idea of the type of feel-good pop I'm talking about.

Contrary to what his surname would suggest, Jack hails from Britain and carries that same cockney accent that makes Lily Allen such a cutie. Apparently, it's quite the fad over there to sound a bit lower class, and some singers take some guff over it, much the same way we in America might mock the suburban homies wearing Ed Hardy T-shirts with their hats cocked sideways and speaking in an approximation of gang-speak they picked up by listening to one-too-many Snoop Dogg records.

Faux shizzle.

I have no idea if that's true for Jack or not, but it doesn't really matter. "Spit At Stars" is a glorious nugget of delectable pop nougat, with just enough rock to make it sizzle. There's not much more to it than that. Every song on his debut album is just incredible, so you can't go wrong. Plus, Amazon will deliver a used copy to your door for just six bucks. How sweet is that?

[You can listen to Jack Peñate's "Spit At Stars" by navigating to the post "Song075" and clicking or right-clicking on the title or the link.]

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