Band: Latimer House
Location: Prague
Styles: Guitar-driven Pop, Indie, Indie Pop,Alternative, Brit Rock
Similar to: The Strokes, The Smiths, Phoenix, Ian Dury, Syd Barrett, Half Man Half Biscuit, The Talking Heads
CD: All The Rage
Members/Instruments:
Joe Cook – guitar, vocals
Anar Yuufov – keyboards, backing vocals
Jiri (George) Kominek – drums, percussion
Michael Jetton – bass
Tracklisting:
This Is Pop
Burn
Eye Can See
Open Your Heart
Birdcage Walk
Red Heart Sequin Blues
Your Love
Love’s Undermined
Splash!
Bubblegum
Bio:
Prague is the adopted home of Latimer House, whose foundations were laid in 2010 when drummer and percussionist Ji?í (George) Kominek (from Toronto) and guitarist Joe Cook (London) booked a rehearsal room to jam song ideas. Keyboard player Anar Yusufov (Baku) joined later that year and in early 2011 bassist Michael Jetton (Virginia) moved in to help nail it all together.
In May 2012 they went into Prague’s Faust Studios for the first of several sessions with engineer Derek Saxenmeyer to record their collection of songs, ten of which were selected for All The Rage. The last track they recorded was their first release: This Is Pop.
Joe, Jirí, Anar and Michael like a wide range of music, from classic 1960s and 1970s pop and rock, through funk, folk and New Wave, to obscure experimental rock, jazz and contemporary alternative sounds. All four have played in various bands down the years, with Ji?í and Anar still busy with musical projects aside from Latimer House. Their different backgrounds and interests all come through in their music, although Joe’s vocal delivery certainly puts an English stamp on proceedings!
All The Rage would not be what it is without the patience and skills of engineer Derek Saxenmeyer, the mandolin and violin of Jim Thompson, who came over from England to play, the guitar work of Justin Lavash, a good stalwart of Prague’s blues and jazz bars, the trumpet blowing of Tommy Levvechia, and Jan Keller, the world’s coolest cellist who sports a Mohican and plays virtuoso fretless bass in a modern jazz quartet when not playing with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. These guys brought additional range and dynamic to the songs and sound of Latimer House.
