"Beerjacket, aka Peter Kelly, has played with us a few times before so it's good to have him with us again. Great songs, and any man who thumps a tambourine with his foot whilst he's playing is good by us. And a charming gentleman to boot."
Fyfe, Guillemots
"First up, local acoustic guitar playing singer songwriter, Beerjacket, plays a miniature set of pretty songs delivered with a similar vocal punch to The Guillemots front man, Fyfe Dangerfield. Its little surprise that it was Fyfe who invited Mr. Jacket to perform!
His songs are captivating, his guitar playing pretty incredible, and unlike most artists who insist on keeping things stripped down, Beerjacket actually succeeds in keeping his sound interesting throughout the set. Theres a billion other guys out there trying to do what Beerjacket does, but the difference is that Beerjacket has the talent and the natural charisma to be special."
www.youngscot.org
"There's something of the Ryan Adams about him, in the louds and the softs of the vocals and the alt.country guitar twangs, and the regular comparisons to Jeff Buckley and Elliott Smith aren't miles off the mark, but whoever he sounds like, he sounds good. 4/5"
Beerjacket is one-man alt folk from Glasgow which has been variously likened to Elliott Smith, Bright Eyes, Jeff Buckley and "a lo-fi Rufus Wainwright".
Shows have included opening for folks such as The National, British Sea Power, Bat For Lashes, Rilo Kiley, Lightspeed Champion, Frightened Rabbit, Fionn Regan, Giant Drag, Arab Strap, Feist, Sean Lennon, Malcolm Middleton, Joan As Police Woman, The Twilight Sad, Ed Harcourt, Guillemots, Mark Eitzel and Tom Vek.
There have also been Beerjacket performances at Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival alongside Biffy Clyro, Guillemots and Echo & The Bunnymen as well as Connect Festival which also featured Bjork, Regina Spektor, Tilly & The Wall and Rilo Kiley.
2008 shows have included opening for The Gutter Twins featuring Greg Dulli (Afghan Whigs/Twilight Singers) and Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees/Queens Of The Stone Age), Shout Out Louds and The Brunettes.
Two home-recorded albums were self-released in 2004, 'Oh My Head' and 'Great Unhappiness', the second of which is available in full as a free download at www.soundlift.com/beerjacket.
A third Beerjacket record, 'Accident History', was recorded between 25th July and 19th September 2005, released on 25th January 2006. The next Beerjacket record - 'The Slow Lane Is Faster' - was launched at a sold out show with Guillemots at ABC in Glasgow...
The most recent Beerjacket album, 'A Boy Of Action', was released worldwide on 6th August 2007 through iTunes.
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4 songs from a set in December '05 in Glasgow's Bar Brel
A clip of 'The Blues' recorded at Nice 'n' Sleazy, March '07
A clip of 'Please Be Kind' recorded at Nice 'n' Sleazy, March '07
'Grand Plans' - Live in March '07, opening for Bat For Lashes at Oran Mor
hello last night was amazing :) loved it, had to run off during 'please please please' by shout out louds to make the train was gutted! still great night, thanks for the tix hope you got the cheque :) x
Its not letting me reply to messages on this bloody thing! Yes I shall be there tonight :) Will make sure to say hello cannae wait wooooooooooot, THE GUTTER TWINS! HOLY F*CK........jealous.
Aha, so what I read in the Metro today is true, you are indeed in Barfly the morra! Good, I've missed you by a whisker a million times, hope not to make it a million and one.
hi, thanks for the add even thou it was a while ago! the girobabies told me to go check you out when you were supporting Eugene. good new tune gose well with your other songs =] xx
As always Peter, love the new song. The vocals in it are very very good. Quite different from your usual vocals I find. It's very nice. I look forward to "Invited Ghosts". Hopefully I'll be at the Tuts gig but I'm not promising anything cause usually something gets in my way.
I really like your new song! Although i may be biased, as i have a medical condition that releases massive quantities of serotonin into my brain every time i hear a drum machine.
hope you had a grand time bringing in 08, can imagine there's a new meaning to christmas now, hope it all went well and gave all 3 of you the chance to relax. looking forward to hearing you again at sleazy's, hope there a several more gigs to follow, time allowing, as 2008 progresses...glasgow has been missing your live performances! hope all is well, gaelle
Check out our new tracks available for download on myspace.
You inspired, is inspired the write word, your email (several months ago which is exactly my point) made me think about how lazy I was being and made me write a song it's called a boy of inaction.
I'm going to get the band on it this coming saturday.
Hey you, did I text you back? I meant to. Been a bit all over the place right now! But yes, dont worry anout not making tomorrow. Hope all is well and I should hopefully see you on 20th.
Hi when is your next gig cos i must go its crucial!!! The music is way too good to miss. Hope your cool. Lots of love Kelz x x x Also need to buy album as i am addicted
