Turrentine Jones

Early years (2011-12)

Neville moved from Australia to the United Kingdom in 2009, where he had performed as a solo acoustic singer-songwriter supporting the likes of David Knopfler of Dire Straits and Colin Hay of Men At Work. After several line-up changes, demo releases and low-key gigs in London and Manchester, Turrentine Jones officially settled on a line-up in 2012 which consisted of Julian Neville, Thomas Scotson and Rich Watts.

BBC Introducing, Glastonbury Festival (2013)

In 2013 the band performed on the BBC Introducing stage at Glastonbury Festival, one of the largest UK festivals, and were the third most shared act of the day on the BBC website, eclipsing the Rolling Stones. The Telegraph's Rupert Hawksley and Florence Waters highlighted the buzz surrounding the group during their coverage of the festival. During their performance of the song Slam the Door, Rich Watts wore the optical head-mounted Google Glass. According to The Guardian's Jemima Kiss the band became the first to perform on stage using this new technology.

Our Days, Rough Trade, XFM (2013-14)

Shortly after performing at Glastonbury Festival, the band signed a publishing deal with Rough Trade and began recording their debut LP in January 2014. The album was recorded at Cottonmouth Studios, an analogue studio in Salford. Produced by Chris Hamilton, the album was released on August 11, 2014 and called ‘Our Days’.

The album received instant praise with their debut single, "Moonlight is On Yer Side" debuting on BBC Introducing and was hailed a "magnificent debut.." by Natalie-Eve Williams. The single featured in a TV advert for Etnies in the United States. In the UK, the single received airplay on over 40 regional and national radio stations.

In November, Turrentine Jones were XFMs 'Band of the Month', featuring regularly on the Evening Show with Danielle Perry.

Real Radio XS, Love Heard You Coming, Dot to Dot, Tramlines, Sziget Festival (2015)

Following on from the release of their debut album, Turrentine Jones were labelled a "Future Classic" by Real Radio XS and went on to perform at Future Classics Live, an official show of the national radio station to "see the talent of tomorrow before they hit the big time". Their performance was brought to the attention of Marc Carey, European Director of Hard Rock Cafe, whom would later invite the band to perform on the Hard Rock Cafe stage at Isle of Wight Festival the following year.

Turrentine Jones performed at a number of popular festivals across the UK including Dot To Dot Festival in both Manchester and Nottingham, Tramlines Festival and Monmouth Music Festival. On August 16 2015, the band performed at Sziget Festival in Budapest, Europe’s largest music festival. It was the band's first appearance outside of the UK.

On 19 November 2015, Turrentine Jones released their second single and accompanying music video for the single, Love Heard You Coming, from the debut album Our Days. The music video featured notable UK radio presenters Loz Guest (Kerrang! Radio/Planet Rock), Sarah Champion (Absolute Radio), Vicki Blight (Absolute Radio), Johnny Doom (Kerrang! Radio), Jake Thomson (Kerrang! Radio), Tim Cocker (XFM). In addition, the music video also featured Ben Batt (Shameless, The Go Between) and Rebecca Atkinson (Shameless) respectively.

Dot to Dot, Isle of Wight Festival, Kendal Calling (2016-Present)

On 19 January 2016, Turrentine Jones announced an intent to collaborate with fans on their second studio album with a release date expected early 2017.

On 8 Feb 2016, Isle of Wight Festival announced Turrentine Jones would be closing the Hard Rock Cafe stage on 12 June to perform alongside idols The Who and Queen. This followed with the announcement the band would also be making their first appearance at Kendal Calling, to perform on the Woodland stage on 28 July 2016.

On 12 June 2016, Turrentine Jones closed the Hard Rock Cafe stage at Isle of Wight Festival.

Band name

Julian Neville explains that the name Turrentine Jones came from "fictional names like Quentin Turrentine and Stanley Jones" (parodies of Quentin Tarantino and Brian Jones, respectively) made up by their friends. When the band came up with "Turrentine Jones", Neville wrote it down.

According to a BBC interview: "Neville and the band have been cagey about what the name of the act means, and each live interview is an opportunity to dress it up however they feel at the time."

Endorsement

Turrentine Jones are endorsed by Rotosound, Peavey and Cornell boutique valve amplifiers.

Band members

Studio albums

Singles