10 tracks · 37 min
“Life’s too short, let’s work it out,” is the presciently relevant chorus refrain from the lead single of Texas’ brilliant, fresh and infectious 9th studio album, Jump On Board. “Sometimes,” smiles Sharleen Spiteri, “you just want your hands in the air, spinning around in circles, singing your head off. We’re a bit older, hopefully a little wiser and it’s just like, let’s sort things out, let’s not fight about things anymore”. The video, too, is euphoric, featuring Thierry Henry, the football legend driving the pair through the neon city-scape to some life-affirming disco paradise. Jump On Board is the sound of a band totally comfortable in their own skin, bursting with great songs influenced by Northern Soul, Disco, seminal British groups like the Bee-Gees, Orange Juice and with more than a passing nod to Sharleen’s co- founder Johnny McElhone’s first band, Altered Images. In 2017 Texas are buoyed with brand new possibilities and belief in their craft, Sharleen and her musical soul-mate Johnny, two proven world-class song-writers now at the peak of their life-long game. “The passion for song-writing, I don’t think it’s ever been stronger than it is now,” says Sharleen. “I’m more …
