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The Tigris 03:19
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The Gospel According To The Selfish Gene 04:40
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Grace Of God 05:09
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Winter In My Heart 02:38
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Care Home 07:38
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Bits Of Glass 04:00
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The Heart 05:44
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Every so often an album and group come along that remind us that music and the art of songwriting is not about pretence or a desperate attempt to be loved and adored. GOTHS!!! by Jacob Yates & The Pearly Gate Lock Pickers is a miniature epic that jettisons romance for realism and delivers uncomfortable but extremely relative current and historical truths.

From the ashes of the influentially revered and much missed Glasgow cult 'Horror R&B' group Uncle John & Whitelock, front man of both, Jacob Lovatt can still yelp and howl powerfully like a man possessed but he also puts new life into heartbreaking ballads that could stand as manifestos for the lost and lovelorn. His special brew of horror and loss come with influences from unexpected corners where poetic observations are set to Dub, personal tragedy is told through Folk with dark billowing rhythms and explorations into Jazz, Blues, Ballads and even Gospel do not sound out of place.

Lovatt is joined by Cassie Ezeji (who fronts the infectious Golden Teacher) on tracks such as 'The Gospel According to the Selfish Gene' which is a life affirming rail against blind acceptance and 'Care Home', an unflinching dub that stares into the abyss into which many fall. It is brutal, honest, distressing and describes real horror, a walk through the dark corridors of the human mind while 'The Heart' opens with the captivating narration, '500 years ago we were cutting off peoples heads, look how far we've come, we're still cutting off people's heads'.

Part raucous, affectionate, hilarious, rich, emotive, exhilarating, condemnatory, artful, literate and above all very real, it's impossible not to be moved and affected by this supercharged trip into the 'awful truth'. Life is chaotic, dark and unpleasant but the chinks of light come from the songs themselves. This record asks you the question, how bright is your light going to be?

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released October 7, 2016

Lyrics by Jacob Lovatt.

Music by Jacob Lovatt. Cassie Ezeji, Michael Bleazard, Christopher Haddow, Jamie Bolland, Richard Holmes, Niall Dobbie, Emily MacLaren & Stuart Evans.

Recorded between 2011 & 2016 at Green Door Studio by Emily MacLaren & Stuart Evans.

Mastered by Samuel J Smith.

Artwork by Jacob Kerry.

Released by VaVa Records in 2016. Vinyl albums available via some independent record stores, and various online stores.

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Jacob Yates and the Pearly Gate Lockpickers Glasgow, UK

Enter the darkness, well you already have, you were born here.

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