Now he’s back with The Theory Of Whatever, a record bristling with invention and underpinned by his refreshing “don’t give a f**k what people think” mentality. He might be the second or third person who has ever walked up to me and complimented our band without obligation. As I get closer, squinting to make out the shape on the raised platform at Koko, it occurs to me suddenly who it is. He’s particularly proud of his album’s rocket-fuelled first single, The Old Style Raiders, which, he says, contains hope and positivity.

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Treays ended the announcement by hinting at new material on the way, as he read: “Also, maybe say something about new music coming out soon.I get where he’s coming from because there’s nothing quite like a Jamie T record, from the singular turns of phrase to the unexpected twists and turns of the music. Then it was 50 Ways To Kill Your Lover and eventually I went back to the original (work-in-progress) title, The Theory Of Whatever. Re-issued on vinyl in time for its 15th anniversary, 'Panic Prevention' remains a vital listen, one that retains a sense of mystery its peers have long since surrendered. A re-recorded version of "Emily's Heart" premiered as Zane Lowe's Hottest Record In The World on 19 January 2010, and it was confirmed as the next single, with a cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Atlantic City" serving as the B-side. When he does – half swagger, half apologetic – the songs that leave him take on an exact impression of our first meeting.

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I’m in a mental process that is becoming weekly routine – slowly shifting from the fantasy my brain has so keenly delivered me of the show, the room just about full enough to momentarily daydream us into a version of The Clash, before being back in the reality of dredging up leads on my hands and knees, stuffing gear back into plastic bags while the dancefloor dissipates back into an unpopulated nothing.

Two videos were made for the song; the first video in 2006 consisted of monkeys living in a house and short clips of Jamie singing, while the second video in 2007 features actor Bob Hoskins walking along the River Thames lip synching to the lyrics. Pacemaker” and “Dry Off Your Cheeks” sputter on menacingly blown-out beats, while “Down to the Subway” and “So Lonely Was the Ballad” push the limitations of Jamie's rudimentary sampler.

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That said, he’s written around 200 songs since Trick and only 13 have found their way on to the basic edition of The Theory Of Whatever. The record was originally released on January 29, 2007, and was hugely influential on the British indie scene at the time and beyond.

His knack for tenderness and bile come together beautifully on “Sheila,” an anthem for a generation of gutter-punk romantics. failed verification] Canvas magazine has described him as "like the bastard lovechild of Billy Bragg and Mike Skinner doing his best Joe Strummer impression". One of his latest creations, the confessional, drug-referencing standout Talk Is Cheap, is a deliberate attempt to recreate his early songwriting style. It doesn’t strike me then, nor will it for at least another decade, that maybe the really special thing about these songs, the thread that encourages such affinity, is not the ingenuity of the collision between the references that littered his walls and the ‘have a go hero’s’ inside. citation needed] He was educated at Reed's School leaving at 16 to study at a local sixth form college.