31 December 2011
Newsdesk
MAMAS GUN are set to release a new single in January 2012. Entitled Only One, the track features Beverley Knight and deals with the subject of ‘soul mates’ and fateful love.
It’s been lifted from the band’s second album The Life & Soul released in July 2011.
In 2010 Beverley Knight invited Mamas Gun on tour with her, having previously declared their music to be “something very special”. She has since explained further; “I heard their material and thought ‘this is so brilliant” because obviously the nucleus of the sound is soul but like me it’s got the funk in there and a bit of a rock edge; it had all the elements.”
The writing of Only One itself followed the 2010 tour and was a natural process between both writers, a perfect collaboration between artists who combine classic soul sounds together with a hybrid of several disparate music genres. Additionally, both artists are developing reputations as being amongst the UK’s strongest and most exciting live performers, the energy of which is also reflected in this song.
The Life & Soul (and indeed Only One) was produced by Grammy Award winning production team Martin Terefe and Andreas Olsson (named in the Top Ten best pop producers by Billboard this year and noted for success with artists such as Jason Mraz, Train, James Morrison, KT Tunstall and Jamie Cullum) and is the follow up to the band's debut Routes To Riches, a record that Billboard described as "a kaleidoscope of a record that travels through genres." The album was received well by media worldwide and made a huge impact in Japan where Mamas Gun were heralded as the most played international act in the country.
Mamas Gun headline The Jazz Cafe in Camden on January 20th 2012.
‘”On The Life & Soul the band have settled more firmly on one sound...to create something more powerful...and highly listenable” The Sunday Times.
