Jake Martin is an energetic and charismatic folk punk singer/songwriter from the UK. Jake intelligently blends the art of story telling; depicting tales of life, love, and the road, with dark satire, politics, and his own cheeky brand of cider fuelled humour. Add Jake's witty ability to captivate and animate any room of strangers, his memorable sing along anthems, and the occasional bit of furniture climbing, and the result is an electrifying “every show like it’s the last” performance.
After 8 years founding and fronting popular Brighton-based Skacore outfit The Junk, touring the UK and Europe several times over, and building a large loyal fan base, in 2014 Jake decided to start writing as a solo artist. His debut EP “For F**k’s sake Jake” was released in September 2014 through "Aaahh Real Records", and since then Jake has toured relentlessly; sharing stages with the likes of Ferocious Dog, Roughneck Riot, Funke and the Two Tone Baby, Louise Distras, Smokey Bastard, Gaz Brookfield, Nick Parker, Billy Liar, Doozer Mcdooze, Sean McGowan, Maelor Hughes, Ducking Punches, Rob Lynch, The Slackers, and The JB Conspiracy, to name a few.
UK based "Aaahh Real Records" released his full debut album "We Take Them at Dawn" in March 2016, and eager to pursue audiences worldwide, Jake traveled through Asia, headlining a month long tour across Australia during June, and released his album through Australian "Dead Memory Records". In August he returned to the UK for a mini England tour and a handful of festivals, before heading to Europe, playing shows in Slovakia, Czech Republic and Germany throughout September and October, then returning home for a full UK tour in November and December. in May,
2017 sees Jake returning to Europe in March and April, then the USA in June...with a whole variety of UK based festivals in between.
“What Jake brings is a message of individuality, of rage turned to contemplation, of social comment and a gentle disdain for those still star struck by scene and celebrity. But more than that these messages are grafted on to songs that are so memorable, so accessible and so great that you will be singing them on the way home from the gig long before you revel in playing the CD the next day” (Dave Franklin-Dancing about Architecture)
“Stories of life on the road and a love affair with touring, Jake Martin paints vivid a picture. If you get the chance to catch him live, don't hesitate!" (Tom Simpkins- BBC Introducing )
"It’s sometimes tricky to find inventiveness and originality in solo acoustic artists these days, and whether it’s in the attitude driven ‘I Don’t Wanna Be Your Heroes’ or the self deprecating humour in the title track of his EP ‘For F**k’s Sake, Jake’, there’s something refreshing about Martin" (Ally Gale- Slate the Disco)
“His songs serve up the attitude you would expect, with titles like ‘Revolution is Always Late’, but they also have a self portrait quality about them which kind of marks him out as a wolf in punks clothing” (Richard Archer- Repeat fanzine)