Jungle
Sep 22, 2021
London-based duo Jungle has a new single "Truth" out via Caiola Records/AWAL. It's from their third album, Loving In Stereo, which dropped in August. Jungle’s co-founder Tom McFarland said about the single, “‘Truth’ is another moment on the record which came very quickly and naturally. It was the most different sounding thing we had made at the time and for that reason couldn’t ignore it. For us it’s about youth, love, and trust. The feeling of finding someone who means more than anything else in the world."
Jungle was founded by Josh Lloyd-Watson and Tom McFarland. The pair had been friends since they were nine years old, where they lived next door to each other in Shepherds Bush, London. They both attended Latymer Upper School, a fee-charging private school in Hammersmith. They went on to form Jungle at the beginning of 2013, choosing to put an aesthetic emphasis on the music's surrounding artwork and videos, and not on the pairs' own identity, (Lloyd-Watson and McFarland) came to be known as J and T). Throughout the following year Jungle developed its nature as a collective by working with different artists across diverse disciplines.
To perform the music live, Jungle expanded to a seven-piece band, fronted by J and T. The pair wished to challenge themselves, resisting the temptation to simply re-produce their music from their laptops, and instead translated their songs into a full and organic live experience. J and T have explained that Jungle stemmed from a desire for ‘honesty… true connection and friendship. It's about being in a collective and collective energy with team spirit.
Their debut album Jungle was released through XL Recordings on July 14th, 2014. To celebrate the release, the band played a special launch party on a Peckham rooftop. The show was filmed using drones. During launch week the band played live sessions on BBC Radio 1, 2 and 6 Music. The album Jungle was shortlisted for the 2014 Mercury Prize in September 2014.
Jungle is set to hit the U.S. for fall tour dates beginning October 3rd in Boston.