JACK PENATE Everything Is New (2009 Taiwanese High Note issue 9-track CD album - recorded over 12 intense months in producer Paul Epworth [Bloc Party Friendly Fires]s own west London home studio Everything Is New is a technicolour record full of experimentation and possibility. Featuring the blissed-out house grooves of first single Tonights Today and swaggering soul of anthemic Be The One the album fuses Jacks wide-eyed pop songwriting with the music hes always loved and lived successfully bringing Brazilian Tropicalia Krautrock New Orleans marching bands Bashment Afrobeat lo-fi Hop Hop Gospel Reggaeton and Philly Soul into the mix over a nine track record that delights and surprises at every turn; presen