Sunday 29th January: Jo Wilson (Hosted by Scott Renton)
Jo Wilson has trouble knowing how to describe his music. He writes about things that he cares about, things that puzzle him, and things which annoy him. He loves beautiful harmonies and interesting chord sequences, and delights in odd rhythms and time signatures. He finds writing about himself in the 3rd person mildly amusing.
Jo is currently getting himself back into the Edinburgh music scene after a year working in Pakistan, which provided plenty of new ammunition for those scribbled notes which may one day make it to fully-fledged song status.
“Jo Wilson hushes the room with a minute or so of delicious loops that abruptly end whilst his songs of faith sweep through the room. Icarus doesn’t overtly retell the tragedy of Daedalus’ son, but hopes (over a breezy island strum pattern and cool chord progressions) that “maybe to Heaven I can break through.” Lazarus then asks us to step into the surprised man’s sandals and try to imagine the electricity of a human resurrection. Solid, beefy guitar set and enlightening lyrics, although the quick death of the brilliant loops and layers is a hard truth.”
Darren Thornberry, Out of the Bedroom“There is an intelligence about the way the songs are put together that is very refreshing, and the lyrics take this beyond throw away pop into something altogether deeper and more challenging. Buy [Puzzle]… catch them live. This is fantastic.”
Chris Graeme“Both artists bring with them a mastery of their instruments that makes this a fantastic listen - keyboards are used to great effect, Jo’s guitar work is deft and Tim’s saxophone gives a refreshingly jazzy feel to some of the songs. A fresh breath of life to the indie music scene.”
Peter Frizelle, Cross Rhythms
