Biography
Sheffield indie rock outfit the Long Blondes, fronted by vocalist Kate Jackson, came together in 2003. They put out several acclaimed singles steeped in new wave energy plus two full-length records—Someone to Drive You Home in 2006 and Couples in 2008—before disbanding that same year when guitarist Dorian Cox was sidelined by serious illness.
Jackson next attempted some solo work alongside former Suede guitarist Bernard Butler, only to step away from music altogether and settle in Rome, where she turned her attention to architectural painting. Two tracks from the Butler sessions surfaced in 2011 under the Kate Jackson Group name, followed by a pair of hometown shows in Sheffield, yet the activity proved short-lived and she returned to her canvases.
After years based in Italy she moved back to England in 2014 so she could keep painting nearer to her roots. Watching the Nick Cave documentary 20,000 Days on Earth prompted her to reconsider music; she assembled a fresh group called Wrong Moves and rejoined Butler in the studio to finish and expand the songs they had begun years earlier.
The project coincided with a 2015 exhibition of her paintings titled British Road Movies. The album sharing that name arrived as a sweeping, cinematic statement, the duo shaping a classic British rock record that carried echoes of Bowie and Roxy Music along with the bands each had previously known. British Road Movies appeared on Hoo Ha Records in May 2016.
Jackson next attempted some solo work alongside former Suede guitarist Bernard Butler, only to step away from music altogether and settle in Rome, where she turned her attention to architectural painting. Two tracks from the Butler sessions surfaced in 2011 under the Kate Jackson Group name, followed by a pair of hometown shows in Sheffield, yet the activity proved short-lived and she returned to her canvases.
After years based in Italy she moved back to England in 2014 so she could keep painting nearer to her roots. Watching the Nick Cave documentary 20,000 Days on Earth prompted her to reconsider music; she assembled a fresh group called Wrong Moves and rejoined Butler in the studio to finish and expand the songs they had begun years earlier.
The project coincided with a 2015 exhibition of her paintings titled British Road Movies. The album sharing that name arrived as a sweeping, cinematic statement, the duo shaping a classic British rock record that carried echoes of Bowie and Roxy Music along with the bands each had previously known. British Road Movies appeared on Hoo Ha Records in May 2016.
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Singles
