WE GET BY

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While we all may be inside hiding from the heat, Jamie Webster’s new album We Get By is sure to immediately transport you to a festival field that 2020 has harshly ripped from beneath our feet…

New artists often stumble after a successful debut album but Jamie Webster is going from strength to strength. If your looking for a change from grim ballads, seemingly empty love songs and vocals that one might say are whiny, he’s the guy to listen to. Jamie’s chirpy personality pervades throughout; it will cheer you through the winter months. Webster has also been able to perform to crowds in places such as New Delhi, [13] and supported established Liverpool band Cast, but was disappointed at having to miss out on a Glastonbury Festival since it was postponed twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [14] The Liverpool Echo named Webster the 11th most-influential Merseysider in its 2020 Power List. [15] Lyrics from his song "Something's Gotta Give", "How can you tell me that this is where it's at / When all the clowns are calling the shots?", have been quoted on social media with people using the song to channel their frustration at politicians. [16] Inside Liverpool's Champions League final party with Jurgen Klopp, Pep Lijnders and Joe Gomez". Liverpool Echo. 13 February 2020 . Retrieved 23 July 2021. a b "we get by | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". officialcharts.com . Retrieved 23 July 2021.

We Get By

How Jamie Webster went from singing with thousands of Liverpool fans, to singing in front of them". The Guide Liverpool. 13 February 2020 . Retrieved 23 July 2021. Allez Allez Allez': How Liverpool balladeer Jamie Webster found his place in India". indianexpress.com. 14 March 2020 . Retrieved 23 July 2021. I’m not going to comment on the antisemitism claims around Jeremy Corbyn. What’s definite is how he got so many young people onside. For the first time in my generation, a leader was speaking the truth. I’m sure Starmer is a nice guy, but as a Labour leader representing young people having to live through this shitshow of a government, he’s just not taking any fight to the Tories.” You mentioned ‘Lovers In The Supermarket’. Did anyone in particular inspire the old lovers you sing about in that song? Down The Road’ is a surefire hit with a guitar pop sheen and ‘Living For Yesterday’ whips up an incisive, truthful dialogue about the tribulations of the labouring class, as Webster exhales chants like: “Spare a thought for the working man, has he got a say?”

Webster joins the Scottish grassroots sensation Gerry Cinnamon in expanding traditional definitions of folk. (In his covers era, Webster used to perform Cinnamon’s material.) Mark Radcliffe, presenter of BBC Radio 2’s The Folk show, says: “Arguments about what is and isn’t folk are not a new thing. There are always those that want to protect the old traditions. But it’s a broad genre, and Jamie has shown folk can be a very independent endeavour. The idea of traditional folk can sometimes put people off, as it can be a hard listen. He’s making it accessible to people who probably never thought of themselves as folk fans.” The long-awaited album We Get By is finally here and it’s a stunner. The Liverpudlian artist perfectly captures his worldview across an album that is anthemic and ambitious. I’m proud I’ve done this myself, that I’ve not had anyone in the industry do it for me. I’m confident I’d clean up if I did. Jamie Webster is a name that has become synonymous with the terraces of Anfield with his piercing anthems blasted through the streets of Liverpool on Matchday and his rendition of ‘Allez-Allez-Allez’ now a Reds phenomenon.Our would-be everyman’s also astute enough to understand that the whole thing is rigged against the common man, beginning a song cycle with the words of Living For Yesterday’s man-trap of avaricious consumerism, before offering the hedonism of Weekend In Paradise as the escape route from downpours, debt and drudgery. Sitting around the middle of the album is Somethings Gotta Give talking about the harsh realities of life. He speaks of the unfairness of life for the working class and the reality of dreams creating a melancholy feel which is also felt in Stop Living Blind and is a needed feature of his album. A former electrician who initially sang cover versions in local pubs in Liverpool city centre. [1] [2] In October 2020, his debut album We Get By, released on Modern Sky UK, reached a peak of number 6 on the UK Albums Chart, [3] and he became the inaugural number-one artist in the newly formed UK Official Folk Album Charts, ahead of Laura Marling, Kate Rusby, and Levellers. Also in October 2020, Boss, a live album of Webster singing football songs, charted in the folk chart top 10. [4] [5] Better still to square the Liverpudlian and former electrician in the folk tradition, but only because he chooses the least complicated ways to connect with people; a strummed guitar, some welcoming chords and a proudly accented voice, basic tools made good by joy and artistry. Whatever the story, there’s much of the past in his music, a conscious anachronism in an era when the present is constantly trying to erase itself.

The next song and a personal favourite of mine is Living for Yesterday which is already one of Webster’s singles. It has an acoustic start with a slow tempo which takes a complete turn when an unsuspecting tempo change hits the listener taking away a sense of predictability that might be expected from this genre of music. With a chorus that is almost certainly going to be heard ringing around stadiums in the future, this catchy single ends perfectly by returning to the acoustic melodies heard at the beginning.Jamie Webster tops the first Official Folk Albums Chart". officialcharts.com . Retrieved 23 July 2021.

Jamie Webster secures No.1 in inaugural Official Folk Albums Chart | Talent". Music Week . Retrieved 23 July 2021. Relativity is a key strength in Webster’s armoury and this number showcases that sentiment for all to see.

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Recorded at the renowned Parr Street Studios, ‘We Get By’ is Jamie Webster’s long-awaited, supercharged debut full-length. Jamie Webster's crazy rise from electrician to working class hero". Liverpool Echo. 7 June 2020 . Retrieved 23 July 2021. If it goes the way it can, it’ll be a gig for the ages. I’ve just played to 26,000 people at Liverpool Pier Head, but that show could be the biggest sense of community I’ve ever felt. It could be a night where 40,000 people feel like we’re making a change in the world, that we’re on the cusp of something special. That’s what I want. Well, that and for everyone to have a boss time singing and dancing.” Does it feel extra special that you’ve got this far with little support from the mainstream?