Video: Jonquil – Live!

admin on Jan 10th 2009

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Appearing live on Spanish TV in November, this is Jonquil performing “Pencil Paper” – how the affections of thousands have managed to overlook them still, I may never understand. But they are quietly going about a new album and all will come good – I’m sure of it. In the meantime, you can watch five more videos from this session at the band’s MySpace blog. Continue Reading »

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Song of the Day: Jonquil – ‘So Far So Good’

admin on May 17th 2008

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Jonquil – ‘So Far So Good’

This is a new song from Jonquil who have just released their Whistle Low EP, coming on the back of their unbelievably beautiful and inexplicably overlooked second album, Lions. Since they were last mentioned on this site, Drowned in Sound finally caught wind of the Oxford collective, gifting them with an emphatic 9/10 review, as have NME and various other indie outlets. If you have yet to discover them, start here and get yourself a copy of Lions as quick as you can.

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Top 10 Albums of 2007: #3 Jonquil – Lions

admin on Dec 23rd 2007

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Quite surprisingly, Jonquil still remain a well-kept secret several months after their breathtakingly cohesive second album ‘Lions’ was discreetly released on Try Harder records. Continue Reading »

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