Probably the most melodic Metal voice in Germany has come over from northern England: As the frontman for Ferryman, Andy Jones built up a wide fan base with his distinctive singing voice which you could say falls somewhere between “Mountain King” Jon Oliva and James Hetfield. His solo debut album “Unspoken” sees him complete his transformation from lead singer of a rock band to his new role as a singer-songwriter. Now he sings about “me” and “you”, looks deep inside himself and drives unspoken truths out into the open.

Carefree, bordering on a sense of elation, Andy delves deep into his heart to transform feelings into songs which are sometimes unpretentious, at other times melancholic, but always sublime and exuding an immense warmth. Still, there is no shortage of drama in “Unspoken”, with some moments reminiscent of musicals and others of lyrical intimacy. Because this is not something that has just suddenly came into being of its own accord. It is a concept album about love, in which each of the songs has undergone years of emotional growth. Some arrangements and lyrics have been hidden away for over a decade, waiting for their composer to perfectly attune them to one another and sing them to life. 

The songs resulting from Andy’s long maturation and development are the most beautiful and personal of his career: simplicity blends with complexity, rock with romance, tragedy with hope and reality with dreams. With his warm, sonorous voice, Andy Jones guides us through the labyrinth of love, from the pain of devotion (“Unspoken”) to love’s first flutters of excitement (“If You Dare”), past the fear of loss (“Do We Have To Feel The Magic Every Time?”) and disappointment (“Betrayal”), culminating in a finale which is not so much head-over-heels but rather the opposite (“My Head, My Heart”).

The album “Unspoken” includes real rock hymns (“Forgot To Forget You”, “Give Me A Reason Not To Love You”), and gently meditative odes entwined with expressive string arrangements (“Smile In My Sleep”). The texts are at once personal and poetic. It is only now that Andy’s previously unpublished lyrics from 2005 (“Her Silent Request”) have been matched with an appropriate answer (“His Silent Reply”). Extending across two songs, the resultant dialogue with guest singer Annika Redmann forms the core of the album – framed as it is by Blues Rock, Folk Rock and Piano Pop. Andy Jones’s solo premiere has everything it needs to delight a wide range of listeners, including earthy acoustic guitar sounds, hauntingly beautiful strings, rock rhythms, e-piano and harmonica.

Unspoken

Unspoken - Album Sampler (Timezone Records, 2016)

My reaction to the events in Chemnitz - full statement on my facebook page www.facebook.com/andyjonesofficial 

See the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbJS5g9gf-M

Recorded by Cornelius Laube

You Don’t Speak for Me
Lyrics & Music ©2018 Andrew CE Jones

You don’t speak for me
You don’t speak for me 
You think you’re as German as a German can be
But you don’t speak for me
You don’t speak for me
You don’t speak for me 
You've been ingesting the fruit of the poisonous tree
You don't speak for me 

You call yourselves patriots but there's no glory, 
It feels like an evil dystopian story
Where they take everyone who looks different and throw them out
You say you're not racist, you say you're concerned
But it isn't clear to me what right you have earned
To pass judgment on people you clearly know nothing about
Like in coming here fleeing oppression, they're gonna wipe you out 

You don’t speak for me
You don’t speak for me 
Hard men feeling threatened by a refugee
You don’t speak for me 
You don’t speak for me 
You don’t speak for me 
As people drown in the Mediterranean Sea, 
You don’t speak for me 

Now I don't disagree, there are things going wrong
And we need to feel safe or we can't get along
But you're persecuting the many on the acts of the few
The system ain't perfect, and it needs to be changed
But in believing the hate speech, you're acting deranged
And the foreigners are never gonna please you, whatever they do
But things will never improve if you turn to the party in blue

You don’t speak for me
You don’t speak for me 
It’s like you wish we were back in 1933
You don’t speak for me
You don’t speak for me
You don’t speak for me 
If you stand with PEGIDA and the AFD, 
You don’t speak for me

You don’t speak for me
You don’t speak for me 
You're not the people, you're a minority
You don’t speak for me
You don’t speak for me
You don’t speak for me 
If you stand with a man that salutes like a Nazi, 
You don’t speak for, you don’t speak for me

You Don't Speak For Me (Studio Session)

Smile In My Sleep

If You Dare

If You Dare (Rattercrash Remix)

I See You

Automatic

Anticipation

Fights Like Ours

Vocalist, Songwriter, Keyboardist, Guitarist of:
Andy Jones (Singer-Songwriter)
Ferryman (Melodic Hard Rock)
The Acoustic / Electric Outlaws (Rock Covers Band)