The Jack Moves [2024] - Somebody's Watching You (XL Middleton Remix) [ Everloving, Inc.]

Cast your mind back to Spring '22 when The Jack Moves released the lead single "Somebody's Watching You" from their, then forthcoming, album, "Cruiserweight".

A new XL Middleton Remix has been released today. We said at the time that we felt that it was similar in feel to Keni Burke's 1982 classic "Risin' To The Top" in parts.

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Rating:	8.5
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	New Soul
Format:	Single / Remix
Media:	Digital
Label:	Everloving, Inc.
Cat No:	None
Date:	01/03/2024
Key/BPM:	3B/108
Price:	£1

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The Jack Moves [2022] - Cruiserweight [Everloving, Inc.] (Full Album) AVAILABLE AGAIN ON VINYL

One of our picks for the best albums of 2022 (and a SoulStrutter Selection of the Week) by The Jack Moves is now available again on vinyl with the first press selling out pretty quickly. Simply Soul have it in stock now.

Newark, NJ, duo Zee Desmondes (vocalist, guitarist) and Teddy Powell (vocalist, instrumentalist, producer) debuted in 2002 with a vinyl only single "Kiss In The Dark" / "A Fool For You" (a cover of Chicago group The Ledgends which has featured on the blog in 2020). 

Their acclaimed debut, self-titled, album arrived on Wax Poetics in 2015 followed by "Free Money" in 2018. Their third album "Cruiserweight" was released digitally in Oct '23 following their last two highly regarded singles "Somebody's Watching You" (18 Mar 2022) and "Seabra" (29 Jul 2022).

In addition to the two tracks released as singles there are some gems, in particular a trio of nice sweet soul sides "When You're In Love", "So Long" and "Don't Pretend". On the uptempo tip is the previously vaunted "Lionel Ritchie", "Six Ways" and the album closes with the moody "This Time" another sweet soul sound that nods to the 70s.

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Rating:	8.8
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	Album
Media:	Digital / CD / Vinyl
Label:	Everloving, Inc.
Cat No:	None
Date:	14/10/2022
Price:	£7.99 / £14.99 / £26

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The Jack Moves [2022] - Cruiserweight [Everloving, Inc.] (Full Album)

Newark, NJ, duo Zee Desmondes (vocalist, guitarist) and Teddy Powell (vocalist, instrumentalist, producer) debuted in 2002 with a vinyl only single "Kiss In The Dark" / "A Fool For You" (a cover of Chicago group The Ledgends which has featured on the blog in 2020). 

Their acclaimed debut, self-titled, album arrived on Wax Poetics in 2015 followed by "Free Money" in 2018. Their third album "Cruiserweight" is out today following their last two highly regarded singles "Somebody's Watching You" (18 Mar 2022) and "Seabra" (29 Jul 2022).

The album is available in all formats digitally, on CD and vinyl (March 2023 Bandcamp).

In addition to the two tracks released as singles there are some gems, in particular a trio of nice sweet soul sides "When You're In Love", "So Long" and "Don't Pretend". On the uptempo tip is the previously vaunted "Lionel Ritchie", "Six Ways" and the album closes with the moody "This Time" another sweet soul sound that nods to the 70s.

A superb album, 'all thriller no filler', throughout which is more than likely to be a the top candidate for this week's SoulStrutter Selection of the Week unless something else extra special materialises. Treat yourself and pre-order a vinyl copy whilst stocks available as this can only appreciate it value.

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Rating:	8.8
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	Album
Media:	Digital / CD / Vinyl
Label:	Everloving, Inc.
Cat No:	None
Date:	14/10/2022
Price:	£7.99 / £14.99 / $26

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The Jack Moves [2022] - Cruiserweight [Everloving, Inc.] (Full Album)

Following their last two highly regarded singles "Somebody's Watching You" (18 Mar 2022) and "Seabra" (29 Jul 2022), The Jack Moves announce the release of their third album "Cruiserweight" which is due for release on 14 Oct 2022.

The album, obviously, includes both of the latest singles which featured in "The Dirty Dozen" on week of their release with the latest single being chosen as SoulStrutter Selection of The Week and also entering the Global Soul Chart at #18 this week.

The Newark, NJ, duo Teddy Powell and Zee Desmondes debuted in 2002 with a vinyl only single "Kiss In The Dark" / "A Fool For You" (a cover of Chicago group The Ledgends which has featured on the blog in 2020). 

Their acclaimed debut, self-titled, album arrived on Wax Poetics in 2015 followed by "Free Money" in 2018.

The new album will be available digitally, on CD and an vinyl. At present only sound for the two singles is available but no doubt another track may be pre-released before the album come out?

They write about "Lionel Richie" being "a hard soul banger, complete with throbbing bassline, menacing drums, luscious string and horn arrangements and cocky vocals. The song is reminiscent of The Ohio Players and Rick James funk, or INXS dance-rock if spun at one of David Mancuso's infamous ‘70s parties at The Loft. It's a distinctly east coast R&B sound, but able to sit comfortably alongside a contemporary outer-regional song like "Am I Wrong" by Anderson .Paak & the Free Nationals, or joints by artists like Bakar and Frank Ocean. Imagine a steaming subway commute through the bowels of the city, to emerge into the powder keg that is NYC… ‘Lionel Richie' is that energy. Perfect for modern and nostalgic soul, funk, boogie, rare groove, and disco playlists". 

So, If I were a gambling man, I'd wager that "Lionel Richie" is released as the next single before the album release?

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Details

Rating:	8.6 based on the two singles
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	New Soul
Format:	Album
Media:	Digital / CD / Vinyl
Label:	Everloving, Inc.
Cat No:	None
Date:	14/10/2022
Price:	$10

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