The Jolt - Discography

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Just looking through the covers below you'd think it obvious where the bands music lay. The initial punky single followed by their return to a 60's style with seventies edge and fashion.  Not quite; the only blatant 60'ism is their version of The Faces What'cha Gonna Do About It? The rest is a heady brew of good tunes, hooks and punky, new wave power pop. Closest band I can think of are the The Cigarettes in sound. Again And Again is a classic punk toon and its a B-Side! and the album is a forgotten gem! Sadly a major label in Polydor and a lot of promotion for their singles and albums through the music weeklies didn't translate into sales.

  You're Cold / All I Can Do (1977)

Described by the band thus. Rob: "The guy who produced it was under the delusion it was still '76, and you could do things roughly and cheaply and it'd still work."

In my view a good single. Got the energy and enthusiasm to carry it through though yes it does sound like a small label punk offering but that's not a bad thing even at the end of 1977.

 Click to hear audio clip of 'You're Cold' 

     

What'cha Going Do About It? /Again & Again (1978)
 

"If London's burning
Glasgow's razed"

Mr Radio Man

The Jolt (1978)

A cracking album. Punk, New Wave, Power Pop - call it what you like, there's loads of good tunes here and none sound like The Jam. There's enthusiasm and spirit. Works best on tracks like Decoyed, No Excuses and Mr Radio Man. Great poppy hooks in Chains and I'm Leaving. Forget what Rob says below the production was fine.

Rob: "Considering what our roots are what we've done is take our influences and move them on. Maybe it comes over sounding a bit safe, but I think that's a lot to with the production. I'd like to do the second album a lot rougher with maybe just one guitar track."

   
 

I Can't Wait/Route 66 (1978)
 

Maybe Tonight/I'm In Tears/See Saw/ Stop Look (1979)
 

 

Performing You're Cold on the Punk In London Footage 1978

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