Dear Brother Leighton. As always your songs digs into my soul. You have an extraordinary ability to capture a feeling and a wipe. Good luck with the release. Love - CC

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OVERBOARD is the first track from Leighton Jones' debut EP 'All The Way Home'.

The EP is an immersive tale of being lost by the sea, found by the sea and brought home by the sea.

It was recorded with students of Sabhal Mor Ostaig college, and was supported by Creative Scotland and ATLAS Arts as part of the Skye and Lochalsh Talent Development Initiative.

A limited edition launch of the EP will took place on 23rd/ 24th October 2015 at Sabhal Mor Ostaig and AROS theatres on the Isle of Skye. 

All The Way Home will be launched on global digital release Spring 2015.

OVERBOARD

Breathe in 
And breathe out
Gold and silver
Lay me down

There's a light across the water
Shining bright on the sea
And it's bolder than the darkness
Of a thousand fathoms deep.

Even if black horses come for me
All my tears roll into the sea
Drawing my sweetheart closer
And closer to me.

So let them haul me Overboard...

Leighton Jones - Piano, synths and vocals
Marie Claire Breen - Backing vocals
Hector Macinnes - Guitar
Cat Robertson and Reece Mackay - Violins
Susan Appelbe - Cello
Eilidh MacFadyen and Amina Davidson - Accordions
Crisdean MacDonald - Whistle

TRACK CREDITS

Written and produced by Leighton Jones

Engineered and Recorded by Colin Mcgeoch at La Chunky studios
and Hector Macinnes at Sabhal Mor Ostaig studios

Mixed by Hector Macinnes

Original EP Artwork by Jane McKenna
Photography by Kirsty Yoxon and Susanna Robson

Copyright 2015 Great Northwestern Records

Overboard - EP preview

Leighton Jones is a composer, pianist and singer/ songwriter currently based in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire. He has composer and performed with several prolific scottish acts, including keyboardist for Celtic fusion group 'The Peatbog Faeries' and Hebridean folk-noir quartet 'The Dead Man's Waltz', performing in support of a diverse array of indie, folk and electronic artists, including Ben Howard, Devon Sproule and Mylo.

In 2011 he composed his fourth collaborative studio album release with 'The Dead Man's Waltz'. The haunting and darkly romantic tales of the DMW 'fuse Weimar Cabaret, the accordion of Yann Tiersen and theatriality of Beirut and Bellowhead' (The Herald) combined experimental music, spoken word and film performances to delight audiences at Glasgow's Short Film Festival, The Edinburgh Fringe and The Festival of Death at London's Southbank Centre.  
 
In 2015 Leighton released his immersive debut solo EP All The Way Home - 'Showcasing a palette that spans melancholic piano balladry and traditional folk with a meticulous approach to sound design'  (The Herald) the record was aired on BBC Radio 3's Global Gathering, Radio Scotland's Travelling Folk Show and performed live at St.Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh for the 2016 Hogmanay celebrations. Garnering stylistic  comparisons to Peter Gabriel and the synth pop of the early 80's, the record draws on the influences of his early childhood in Yorkshire and the Isle of Skye in Scotland where he relocated at 9 years old. The record blends the folk music of the highlands islands with colliery brass bands and chamber instrumentation, drawing on the geographical influences and atmospheres of wide open moors and mountains, the ocean and big horizons.

Returning to Yorkshire in 2016, Leighton graduated with a Master in composition and performance at Leeds College of Music where he studyied under British Belize born composer Errollyn Wallen. During this period he composed several theatrical musical vignettes and an immersive song cycle piece of musical theatre based on the decline of the honeybee. 

In 2019 he formed chamber pop group Beware of Trains with Scottish soprano Marie Claire Breen ("A soprano of rare fluency" - The Daily Mail), forging a collaboration combining there shared loved of musical theatre and orchestral pop. In 2019 they released two debut singles 'Let's Move To London' and 'In Your Pocket' before performing to packed concerts in Bradford Cathedral for 'A Kitmas Concert' raising funds for Yorkshire Cat Rescue. This was followed by a support slot for Kirsty Almeida's album launch at The Trades Club in 2020 before lockdown, during which the band penned their first album of new material.

Following a series of sell out local performances the group were joined by Leeds Conservatoire theatre lecturer Laura Baxter on keys and bass. They recently announced the release of their festive third single 'Forever Home' mixed by acclaimed producer Darren Allison (The Divine Comedy) and are set to perform a short UK tour at the start of December 2023.

Overboard - EP preview

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