About Jake Bugg

Jake Bugg is back! The rock troubadour returns with his seventh album Alamo, and first on Thirty Tigers, on November 13th. 

Alongside the announcement Jake has also released the album’s first taste ‘Never Can Tell’ and details of a 2027 UK and EU solo tour, including a show at London’s Union Chapel on Friday February 26th. 

Produced by multi-grammy winning duo of longtime friend and producer Jimmy Hogarth (Anohni, Amy Winehouse, Paolo Nutini) and Steve McKewan (Chris Stapleton, Carrie Underwood, Eminem), Alamo sees Jake return to his folk leaning roots - raw, real and unguarded. Now 32, the album is an 11 track testament to his matured craft as a songwriter and an open-hearted revelation of his journey as a man through love and loneliness and back again. It’s an album that rolls along with pure but lush and authentic country music arrangements that get straight to the heart of the matter with nothing to hide behind. 

After nearly 15 years of dominating the charts and smashing festivals while standing up outside of trends with his unique and authentic singer-songwriter approach, he’s done a lot of growing since his first album went platinum three times and hit Number One in the UK. Just as with his debut, the album artwork was shot by the legendary Kevin Westenberg. Sure, Jake’s older, wiser, and comfortably in Memphis in this picture, but it’s another pure image with no trickery. What you see is what you get: a man still here to take on the world.

“After all the years of touring and making records, it just felt like the right time to look inward. The last couple of years have been tough for me and I’ve had a lot of struggles. I’m trying to navigate those and figure out where they stem from, ‘Alamo’ was only going to work if I was going to be honest and be as vulnerable as possible. I’ve always had a lot of defenses and barriers around me. I thought it was time to bring those down.”

Jake Bugg