Jackal bow out gracefully with their fifth album “Sparkle”

Jackal bow out gracefully with their fifth album “Sparkle”

Outer Space Publicity are sad to share the news that Jackal, one of New Zealand's hardest-working young bands, have decided to call it quits after eight years and five critically-acclaimed albums.

In the band’s own words:

“Ahoy,

After eight years and five albums, Jackal the band, is coming to an end. We have decided to break up the band as our guitar player, Will, is moving to America in a couple of months. As a band, we have agreed it is best to not continue without him.

We have great pride in the work we have done and each member has always put the music first and that's why we have been able to work together for so long. We're glad the band is ending on such good terms with the possibility of us working together in the future…

Smell you later,

Theo, Will, Alec and Hayden.”

Jackal formed in late 2006 when brothers Will (on drums) and Theo McGrath (on guitar and vocals) joined up with local bassist Alec Cummins. They began writing their own material immediately, setting out to meld a raw punk/alternative sound, inspired by bands such as Dinosaur Jr, with their love of Black Sabbath and ‘70s hard rock. Over their eight years together they have continued to experiment with and expand what is expected of a rock band, and in the process they’ve built up a hugely loyal following.

They have just released their fifth album “Sparkle”, and it’s a grand finale for a very fine band. Covering a huge range of bases – alternative, funk metal, hard rock, and psychedelic – the album has already received a five star review. Muzic.net.nz says (amongst other glowing things):
“This review could be reduced to three words; “Awesome, Five Stars.” That should be enough of an introduction, description and summary of Jackal’s best album to date.”

Here is their latest single "You've Been Waiting", and the "Sparkle" album is available as a FREE (for a limited time) download on Bandcamp.

Jackal have two final shows to play before they part ways – one at the venue they've called home, UFO in West Auckland’s New Lynn, and their last show ever in Mt Maugnanui on May 23.

If you’re already a fan, you won’t want to miss them – and if you’d like to find out what is special about them live before your chance is gone, make sure you can say you got to see them before it was too late.

Jackal's final shows

Saturday 16 May, UFO (final Auckland show): Smell You Later

Saturday 23 May, Imbibe Bar, Mount Maunganui.

Visit Jackal's Facebook page

www.powertoolrecords.co.nz

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