Burton-on-Trent's Best Kept Secret, Born of Beer, Blues & Broken Strings

Forged in the smoky backrooms of Burton-on-Trent’s oldest pubs and born out of a shared love for the blues and Midlands soul, The Stapenhill Bluesmen are a two-piece blues outfit that channels the raw spirit of the Delta with a distinctly English swagger. Hailing from the working-class neighborhood of Stapenhill, these lads grew up between the hiss of fermenting barrels and broken amps... and boy can you tell from their shitty production.

Their debut e.p “Homebrew” (2019) gained underground traction, praised for its authenticity and warmth—recorded entirely in a disused grain store using second-hand gear and exactly two working microphones. Tracks like "Back to Stapenhill" and "Ghosts of Stapenhill" quickly became local anthems.

The Bluesmen have since played everything from tiny pubs with sticky floors to normal pubs with adequate flooring, up and down the country, opening for names they can't even remember... But don’t let their growing rep fool you—these fellas are still happiest in a smoky corner of a pub, playing for a crowd who knows the pain of love lost, jobs gone, and pints spilled.

Raw, real, and rooted in the soul of the Midlands, The Stapenhill Bluesmen ain’t just playing the blues. They are the blues.

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About PJKTS:

Songwriter James Mason, previously in pop-tinged rock outfit The Vantage and pop-punk revelers Safety Word Orange, is set to release a self-titled LP with his new band under the name PJKTS. The project, also known as Paper Jackets, emerges from the LA indie pop scene inhabited by producer Ethan Kaufmann -- a driving influence of the band’s electrifying, synth-pop sound. The line-up consists of Emily Dickinson on keyboard, Jonny Vesely on guitar, Miles Franco on bass and Michael Diguglielmo on drums with Mason on vocals.

The five teamed up in Silver Lake, CA to record the band’s first full length record, a forty-five minute set of songs that weaves the singer’s natural emotive voice into Kauffman’s slick production in his East Hollywood studio dubbed “The Elephant in the Room.” Affected by artists such as Sky Ferreira, BØRNS, Father John Misty, and Walk the Moon, PJKTS offers today’s pop listener a fist full of glitter amid the layers of their pop inspired sound, memorable hooks and catchy phrases from start to finish. Their debut EP, Loudest Child, precedes the band’s upcoming February 10th release and is available now on iTunes: apple.co/1LaKNRU.

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