Fight Like Ours Andy Jones

• 1Fight Like Ours04:49
• 2Running From Yourself03:55
• 3Shadows On A Cave Wall04:58
• 4Still Be Here04:03
• 5Only One Arrives05:24
• 6Leaves03:46
• 7Where No Ships Remain05:08
• 8The Life You Didn't Lead03:49
• 9I Don't Have Your Voice05:00
• 10No Reciprocity04:52
• 11Happy Now04:03
• 12Better Late Than Never04:26
• 13You Don't Speak For Me03:56
• 14Unumgehbar (Bonus Track)04:52
• Total Runtime01:03:01

Info for Fight Like Ours

An emotional pendulum swinging between melancholy and optimism. A fellowship of loss, grief, growth and hope. A call to action. Fights Like Ours is Andy Jones‘s third and most personal album. The singer-songwriter delves into intensively emotional territory, processing his father‘s death (I Don‘t Have Your Voice), his mother‘s battle with cancer (Still Be Here), and his own reckoning with long-suppressed emotional scars.

He has not run out of axes to grind, confronting stigma around mental health (Fights Like Ours), the German far-right (You Don‘t Speak for Me), and bad apples on the music scene (No Reciprocity). Jones has continued his tradition of depicting other people‘s true stories (Running from Yourself, Better Late Than Never) as well as imagined stories based on observations and interactions (Happy Now). He explores the philosophical (Shadows on a Cave Wall), the imaginative (Only One Arrives, The Life You Didn‘t Lead) and the metaphorical (Leaves, Where No Ships Remain). And the final bonus track (Unumgehbar) sees the British-born vocalist and lyricist release his first songwriting effort in German, the language of the country that he has called home for 15 years.

Musically, Fights Like Ours has occasioned Jones to transcend genres: the mix of rock, folk and piano pop that have come to define his solo output are complemented by elements of ambient, country and indie pop. Lyrically, a number of songs bear the fruits of collaborations with emerging singer-songwriter Emily Larkin. Alongside the usual rock, folk and classical instruments, Jones continues to experiment by incorporating harmonium, lapsteel guitar, theremin, daf and electronic beats. Though he is normally a strummer on the acoustic guitar, there are songs in which he branches out into softer finger picking, illustrating some of his recent musical influences, among others Damien Rice, Glen Hansard, John Paul White and William Fitzsimmons. But Jones‘s rock roots are firmly established when quieter beginnings subside into powerfully orchestrated crescendos.

Unspoken (2016) was a concept album about a failed fictional relationship. Shield (2018) contained observations on relationships, but also sent a variety of messages around the personal (parenthood), the ethical (animal rights, treatment of refugees) and the political (war, political apathy). Fights Like Ours showcases Andy Jones‘s seemingly limitless musical imagination, his lyrical skill and his inescapable emotional depth. He continues to invest his artistic talents in encouraging kindness, courage and self-care. He invites the listener to join the unseen legion of survivors that have overcome obstacles past and present. Fights Like Ours is Jones‘s contribution to the soundtrack of that movement.

Andy Jones, lead & backing vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, harmonium, synths
Emily Larkin, lead & backing vocals (1), (6), (7)
Armin Höhn, electric guitar, synths, acoustic guitar solo (4)
Silas Jakob, drums, percussion
Jan van Doren, bass
Kamilla Eggeling, cello
Zaeda, violin
Lydia Haurenherm, viola
Lennart Larkin, mandolin (1), (3), (4), (10)
Bad Temper Joe, lapsteel guitar (3), (4)
Andreas Sindt, double bass (7), (13)
Rattercrash, beats (5)
Gilda Razani, theremin (5)
Hamid Asiayee, daf (7)

Engineered by Armin Höhn, Andy Jones and Greg 'GregZilla' Ruhl
Mixed and mastered by Greg 'GregZilla' Ruhl at Das Studio, Dortmund
Produced by Andy Jones, Armin Höhn and Greg 'GregZilla' Ruhl

Andy Jones
An emotional pendulum swinging between melancholy and optimism. A fellowship of loss, grief, growth and hope. A call to action. Fights Like Ours is Andy Jones‘s third and most personal album. The singer-songwriter delves into intensively emotional territory, processing his father‘s death, his mother‘s battle with cancer, and his own reckoning with long-suppressed emotional scars.

He has not run out of axes to grind, confronting stigma around mental health, the German far-right, and bad apples on the music scene. Jones has continued his tradition of depicting other people‘s true stories as well as imagined stories based on observations and interactions. He explores the philosophical , the imaginative and the metaphorical. And the final bonus track sees the British-born vocalist and lyricist release his first songwriting effort in German, the language of the country that he has called home for 15 years.

Musically, Fights Like Ours has occasioned Jones to transcend genres: the mix of rock, folk and piano pop that have come to define his solo output are complemented by elements of ambient, country and indie pop.

If you‘ve had fights like ours, let us see your scars.

Lyrically, a number of songs bear the fruits of collaborations with emerging singer-songwriter Emily Larkin. Alongside the usual rock, folk and classical instruments, Jones continues to experiment by incorporating harmonium, lapsteel guitar, theremin, daf and electronic beats. Though he is normally a strummer on the acoustic guitar, there are songs in which he branches out into softer finger picking, illustrating some of his recent musical influences, among others Damien Rice, Glen Hansard, John Paul White and William Fitzsimmons. But Jones‘s rock roots are firmly established when quieter beginnings subside into powerfully orchestrated crescendos.

Unspoken (2016) was a concept album about a failed fictional relationship. Shield (2018) contained observations on relationships, but also sent a variety of messages around the personal (parenthood), the ethical (animal rights, treatment of refugees) and the political (war, political apathy). Fights Like Ours showcases Andy Jones‘s seemingly limitless musical imagination, his lyrical skill and his inescapable emotional depth. He continues to invest his artistic talents in encouraging kindness, courage and self-care. He invites the listener to join the unseen legion of survivors that have overcome obstacles past and present. Fights Like Ours is Jones‘s contribution to the soundtrack of that movement.

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