The Jaded Hearts Club - You’ve Always Been Here

Well, this is going to be divisive.

Supergroups have long been the scourge of the idealistic, decried as acts of self-indulgence, often regarded as nothing more than a blemish on an otherwise peerless track record. There’s a large amount of truth in that, especially when what’s on offer is just a collection of cover versions. A distraction from the day job, they are the musical equivalent of that long liquid lunch on a Friday afternoon.

The Jaded Hearts Club project comes with some pedigree: guitarist Jamie Davis needed a wedding band and roped in some friends to help him out. As opposed to some mates from school and that old guy down the pub who used to play drums in the 1970s, said friends were Matt Bellamy, Graham Coxon, The Zutons’ Sean Payne, Jet frontman Nic Cester and the man with the best black book in music, Miles Kane.

So much fun was had that they became a band, having done a handful of live shows earlier in the year, leading to this album of classic Motown-era hits given an indie-rock spruce.

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