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Church Lane by Jack Pearce
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Album Title: Church Lane
Label: Adhyâropa Records
Released: 2026
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About the Album
Adhyâropa Records is thrilled to announce Church Lane (ÂR00183), the debut album of saxophonist Jack Pearce, and his Quintet.
“There’s a little story behind the writing of this album. Church Lane captures the very beginning of my musical journey, with most of the music written during my final year at Leeds Conservatoire in 2024.
Starting out raw and unrefined, the music gradually took shape over the course of two self-funded UK tours, where we hashed things out on the road. I’ve always believed in making as many mistakes as possible until you make the right one and the music finally takes off.
Over that time, Sam, Joe, Dan, Angus and I grew very close, thanks in no small part to late-night takeaways in the tour van. Being couped up for weeks on end makes or breaks a band, and so far, we’re hanging on in there. That closeness adds a lot to how we play as a band, and to what I imagined when I first started the quintet. The less educated part of me believes that a late-night kebab counts, at least to some extent, as rehearsal.
The recording of the album felt just as natural. We were offered the use of a 12th-century church (St Mary’s in Kirkby Lonsdale) as a place to record, having played there on one of our tours in late 2025. So, in April 2026, we found ourselves making a record in a space built by the same stonemasons who worked on Durham Cathedral. For a week, we settled into this small, sleepy market town on the south edge of the Yorkshire Dales and recorded each night. Because St Mary’s is a working church, we couldn’t begin recording until it closed each day at 5pm. So, from 5 until 11 each night, beneath the stars and stained glass, we chipped away at the record.”
Tracks
Fellowship; Church Lane; Remembrance; Green Eyes; Half Moon; Ferrara; St. Marys
Personnel
Jack Pearce
saxophoneSam Hughes
guitar, electricJoe Frost -Tesfaye
pianoAngus Haygarth
drumsDan Sanderson
bassDate featured
February 8, 2027
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