| Jack Peñate | |
| Birth Date: | 2 September 1984 |
| Birth Place: | London, England |
| Years Active: | 2005–present |
Jack Peñate (born 2 September 1984) is an English singer, songwriter, producer, and musician.
Peñate was born in London on 2 September 1984, the son of an English mother and Spanish father.[1] His maternal grandfather was author Mervyn Peake.[2] He attended St. Olave's Preparatory School in New Eltham and Alleyn's School in Dulwich, then began studying for a bachelor's degree in Ancient World Studies at University College London, but dropped out at the end of the second year as interest from record labels grew. He also was a member of the National Youth Theatre.
Peñate made his way up the ranks of the club and bar scene of London before he was signed by record label XL Recordings.
On 10 August 2007, he announced that his album would be released on 8 October and be titled Matinée. The album debuted at number seven in the UK album charts.
On 3 January 2009, XFM played a new track by Peñate called "Tonight's Today", the song ended up being the first single from his second album Everything Is New.
Throughout Peñate's second album tour in 2009, his bandmates included Jessie Ware on backing vocals, Kwes of Warp Records on keyboards / laptop and Tic of the record label Young on rhythm guitar.[9]
Jack Peñate, along with Chairlift, opened for The xx at the Central Park Summer Stage on Sunday 8 August 2010.
On 19 January 2012, Peñate recorded the song "No One Lied". Directed by Dani Castro, shot and recorded in one take at Peñate's home; the song was uploaded to Peñate's YouTube channel after a two-year hiatus of activity since 2010.
After You, the third album by Peñate, was released by XL in 2019. "Prayer" “Murder” and “Loaded Gun” were the singles from the album.[3]
In 2020 the Noetics EP was self released including a version of “No One Lied”, followed by “Remember In New York”. “Crumbs” followed in 2021, and “Scars” in 2022.
In 2023 Peñate collaborated with Django Django featuring on their single “No Time”.
Peñate’s collaboration with Inflo and the collective Sault led to his contributions on the Mercury nominated Untitled (Rise)
In May 2023, 11 won the Ivor Novello Award for "Best Album", with producer Inflo, vocalists Cleo Sol and Chronixx, and Jack Peñate as recipients of the award.[1]
In November 2023, the group announced their first live performance, teasing that they would play an unreleased album of material.[14] They later elaborated that they would play seven shows that featured live performances of music from different albums.[15] The tour was initiated on 14 December in London, and featured songs from an at the time unreleased album Acts of Faith.
In January 2024 his fourth album “Wondrous Strange” was released on 77 Recordings in tribute to his late father.
In 2021, Peñate joined GROUP OF HUMANS® [4] a globally distributed community of creative leaders and change architects as a Musician & Creative Human.
Peñate is a long-time close friend of Adele, with whom he grew up.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [5] | UK Indie | |||
| Matinée |
| 7 | 1 | |
| Everything Is New |
| 16 | 2 | |
| After You |
| — | 15 | |
| Wondrous Strange |
| — | — | |
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | UK Indie | |||
| "Second, Minute or Hour" | 2006 | 17 | 1 | |
| "Spit at Stars"[8] [9] | — | — | ||
| "Torn on the Platform" | 2007 | 7 | 1 | |
| "Have I Been a Fool" | 73 | 3 | ||
| "Tonight's Today" | 2009 | 23 | — | |
| "Be the One" | 35 | 3 | ||
| "Pull My Heart Away" | 99 | — | ||
| "Prayer" | 2019 | — | — | |