Jungle (band)

Jungle
Origin London, England
Genres
Years active 2013–present
Labels XL
Website junglejunglejungle.com
Members
  • Josh Lloyd-Watson
  • Tom McFarland
  • Fraser MacColl
  • George Day
  • Dominic Whalley
  • Rudi Salmon
  • Nat Zangi
Past members Andro Cowperthwaite

Jungle are an English modern soul musical collective based in London.

Background

Jungle was founded by Tom McFarland and Josh Lloyd-Watson.[1] The pair had been friends since they were nine years old, where they lived next door to each other in Shepherds Bush, London.[2] They both attended Latymer Upper School, and played together within a number of different groups, one of which, Born Blonde, saw some success.[3] They went on to form Jungle at the beginning of 2013, choosing to put an aesthetic emphasis on the music’s surrounding artwork and videos, and not on the pairs' own identity, (McFarland and Lloyd-Watson came to be known as J and T).[4] Throughout the following year Jungle developed its nature as a collective by working with different artists across diverse disciplines. To perform the music live, Jungle expanded to a seven-piece band, fronted by J and T. The pair wished to challenge themselves, resisting the temptation to simply re-produce their music from their laptops, and instead translated their songs into a full and organic live experience. J and T have explained that Jungle stemmed from a desire for ‘honesty… true connection and friendship. It’s about being in a collective and collective energy… [a] team spirit.’ [5]

Musical career

Jungle's musical style has been described as "midtempo 1970s-style funk"[6] and their music is intermixed with "tropical percussion, wildlife noises, falsetto yelps, psychedelic washes and badoinking bass" [7] The band has a fearsome live reputation: "Jungle are a spectacular live band," say DIY.[8]

They released their single "The Heat" on 21 October 2013 through Chess Club Records.[9] In December 2013 Jungle were nominated for BBC's Sound of 2014 prize.[10] The group played at South by Southwest in Texas in March 2014,.[6] On 16 June 2014, the band played on Jimmy Kimmel Live!,[11] and played Glastonbury Festival later that month.[12]

Their debut album Jungle was released through XL Recordings on 14 July 2014. To celebrate the release the band played a special launch party on a Peckham rooftop. The show was filmed using drones.[13] During launch week the band played live sessions on BBC Radio 1, 2 and 6 Music.

During August 2014, the band played Reading and Leeds Festivals. During September 2014, Jungle played live on Le Grand Journal (Canal+), played with Pharrell Williams at London's Roundhouse for the iTunes Festival, and played live on Later... with Jools Holland.[14]

The album "Jungle" was shortlisted for the 2014 Mercury Prize in September 2014.[15]

Their song Busy Earnin' is present in the playlists of FIFA 15 and Forza Horizon 2 and was featured in TV productions several times, e.g. in the opening sequence and credits for the Tales from the Borderlands episode "Zer0 Sum", as a background music in a bar in Season 2 Episode 6 of Brooklyn Nine-Nine as well as in a club scene in German television series Tatort (episode 916: "Der Wüstensohn").

It was also voted in at Number 67 in the 2014 Triple J Hottest 100 Countdown in Australia.

Since the end of 2014, Busy Earnin' is the title song of the German TV show "Mein bester Feind" (German for "My favorite enemy").[16]

In early 2015, it was announced that the band would perform at the Boston Calling Music Festival in May 2015.[17]

On 26 June 2015, Jungle played on the Other Stage at the 2015 Glastonbury Festival.

On 2 November 2016, their song Drops was played in the closing of the final scene of Season 1 Episode 9 of Queen Sugar.

On 10 November 2016, their song Busy Earnin' was played as part of the background storyline for the Season 2 Episode 9 episode titled 'Black Friday' of Superstore.

In April 2017 Busy Earnin' was used for the Toyota Yaris Hybrid TV advert. [18]

On December 9th 2017 they performed as part of the line up of Trópico, a 3 day-long music festival in Acapulco, Mexico.

On May 8th 2018, they released two new singles, House in L.A., and Happy Man, on a 7 inch record, and on multiple digital music platforms.

Discography

Studio albums

Title Details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
UK
[19]		 AUS BEL
[20]		 DEN FRA
[21]		 GER NED
[22]		 NZ SWI
[23]		 US
[24]
Jungle
  • Released: 14 July 2014
  • Label: XL
 7 20 21 28 42 43 42 34 22 84
For Ever
  • Released: 14 September 2018[27]
  • Label: XL
 10 28
[28]		 13 — — — 34 — 22 —

Singles

Single Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[19]		 UK
Indie
[29]		 BEL
[20]		 FRA
[21]		 US
Alt.
[30]
"Platoon" 2013 — — — — — Jungle
"Busy Earnin'" 2014 — 19 77 118 —
"Time" 94 — 62 163 —
"The Heat" — — 62 — —
"Happy Man" 2018 — — — — 37 For Ever
"House in LA" — — — — —
"Heavy, California"[27] — — 88 — —
"Cherry"[27] — — — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Remixes

Song Year Artist Title
"Unstoppable"[31] 2015 Lianne La Havas Jungle's Edit
"Stand In Your Line" 2015 Dornik Jungle's Edit

Music videos

Year Title Director
2013 "Platoon" Josh Lloyd-Watson &
Oliver Hadlee Pearch
"The Heat"
2014 "Busy Earnin'"
"Time"
2015 "Julia"
2018 "House in LA" JFC Worldwide
"Happy Man"
"Heavy, California"
"Cherry"

Awards and nominations

Year Organisation Award Work Result
2014 NME Top 50 Tracks of 2014[32] "Busy Earnin'" #13

References

  1. ↑ "Jungle: A British Music Collective With Disco Beats". Here & Now. 2014-06-23. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
  2. ↑ "Everything You Need To Know About Britain's Hottest Band". Esquire. 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
  3. ↑ "Born Blonde (No 1,049)". The Guardian. 2011-06-22. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
  4. ↑ "Interview With Jungle". Passion of the Weiss. 2014-03-12. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
  5. ↑ "Interview Jungle". Pigeons and Planes. 2014-06-12. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
  6. 1 2 "SXSW 2014: Jungle Unmasked, Sort Of". ArtsBeat: NYTimes.com. 2014-03-12. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
  7. ↑ "Everything You Need To Know About Britain's Hottest Band". Esquire. 2014-07-01. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
  8. ↑ "Jungle Shepherd's Bush Empire". DIY. 2014-10-30. Retrieved 2014-10-30.
  9. ↑ "Jungle - The UK's Most Mysterious Act Finally Come Out Of The Shadows". NME. 2013-10-08. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
  10. ↑ "Sound of, 2014 - Jungle". BBC. 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
  11. ↑ "Watch Time Live On Jimmy Kimmel". XL Recordings. 2014-06-17. Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
  12. ↑ "BBC Glastonbury 2014, Acts, Jungle". BBC. 2014-06-27. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
  13. ↑ "Peckham Album Launch". Jungle. 2014-06-17. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
  14. ↑ "Jungle Live on Jools". bbc. 2014-09-17. Retrieved 2014-09-17.
  15. ↑ "2014 Shortlist - Barclaycard Mercury Prize". Barclaycard Mercury Prize. 2014-09-10. Retrieved 2014-09-16.
  16. ↑ "Mein bester Feind - Alle ganzen Folgen von Mein bester Feind". Prosieben.de (in German). 2015-01-02. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
  17. ↑ Ollman, Jonah. "Boston Calling Announces May 2015 Lineup". Sound of Boston. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  18. ↑ "TV Ad Songs". TV Ad songs. Retrieved 2017-05-09.
  19. 1 2 "JUNGLE - Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  20. 1 2 "Discografie Jungle". Ultratop. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  21. 1 2 "Jungle discography". Lescharts.com. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  22. ↑ "Discografie Jungle". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  23. ↑ "Discographie Jungle". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  24. ↑ "Jungle Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  25. ↑ "Barclaycard Mercury Prize 2014: The real winners revealed". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
  26. ↑ "BPI Certified Awards > Search". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2014-12-20.
  27. 1 2 3 "Jungle announce new album 'For Ever', share new songs 'Heavy, California' and 'Cherry' – listen". NME. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  28. ↑ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  29. ↑ Peak chart positions on UK Indie Chart:
    • For "Busy Earnin'":"2014-03-15 Top 40 Independent Singles Archive". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  30. ↑ "Jungle Chart History: Alternative Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  31. ↑ "Unstoppable (Jungle's Edit)". liannelahavas.com. 30 April 2015. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015.
  32. ↑ "Top 50 Tracks of 2014". NME. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
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