Wah Wah 45s are very proud to present Daylight, the final single to be taken from the Sun Dogs, the incredible debut album from composer, songwriter and producer Jamie Finlay – a unique blend of electric soul, spiritual jazz and psychedelia.
With its pulsing bassline, layered vocal harmonies and crescendos, Daylight, is an optimistic future anthem, bringing to mind the work of Charles Stepney, the Mizell Brothers and James Mason. Jamie explains more:
“I wrote Daylight at the tail end of lockdown. I’d had the bass line playing on a loop in the studio for a few days, when the lyrics just came to me. It felt like there was a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel after this difficult time for the world, which is why it has a cautiously optimistic tone. I worked together with Ellen to layer and arrange the vocal harmonies, and with Matt Steele to really work the dynamics of the song. It’s a big track and it felt like the perfect way to close the album.”
Sun Dogs was recorded between 2022 and 2023 with a core band of Jamie Finlay working with keyboardist, arranger and producer Matt Steele, drummer Erroll Rollins and singer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Ellen Beth Abdi (A Certain Ratio), who appears across the album, and features on its three singles. The album features collaborations with singer, producer and saxophonist Caitlin LM, Kemani Anderson of Secret Night Gang and supporting musicians Bryan Corbett (trumpet/flute), Chris Bowden (saxophones), Hannah McGuigain (vocals), Dan Carpenter (trumpet) and Atholl Ransome (saxophones). The album was mixed by Jamie Finlay together with engineer Phil Kirby (Mr. Scruff, 808 State).
Reactions and Radio Play
Played by Gilles Peterson on Worldwide FM, Deb Grant & Tom Ravenscroft on BBC 6 Music, Kev Beadle on Totally Wired Radio, Dom Servini on Jazz FM, DJ JAzzcat on Totally Wired Radio, Aja Allsop (Ketch-A-Vibe)
Featured on the Apple Music Jazz Shapeshifting Playlist https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/shapeshifting/pl.8994321992214b979d4885e9a4463f11
Featured on the Apple Music Jazz Scene: UK Playlist https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/jazz-scene-uk/pl.2b05e1eed714457781531e4562f9897d
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“Amazing track.” Huey Morgan (BBC 6 Music, UK)
“A proper banger – love this.” Tony Minvielle (Jazz FM, UK)
“This is a special one. Potential hands in the air moment.” Kev Beadle (Totally Wired Radio, UK)
“We all need to be able to look forward to Daylight!” Robbie Vincent (Jazz FM, UK)
“I like this track!” Isao Yoshimi (Tokyo FM, Japan)
“Dope!” Delfonic (Illicit Jazz, Germany)
“What a great track with beautiful energy!” Kassia Constance (One Jazz, UK)
“Wow!!!” Frank Jensen (Soul Parlor, Germany)
“Nice new soul grooves.” Dazzle Drums (Block Party, Japan)
“Very cool tune!” DJ Angola (Wonderwheel, USA)
“Great track, full radio support on my PLANETA JAZZ radio show!” Tiago Santos (Radio Oxigenio, Portugal)
“Amazing!!” Kate Magic (Soho Radio, UK)
“Excellent and catchy tune which gets stuck in your head. Will give it a spin!” Oliver Korthals (Mojo Club, Germany)
“Loving the concept on this latest single!” Steve Johns (Solar Radio, UK)
“Great guy.” Mans Stromberg (Radio Helsinki, Finland)
“Wow! I like it so much.” Cesare Cera (Bologna Uno, Italy)
“What a tune!!!” Renegades of Jazz (Bathurst, Germany)
“Another belter, love this collaboration.” Bolts (So Flute, UK)
“Sounds great – can’t wait to hear the announced album!” Sven Thomschke (Radio Z 95.8FM, Germany)
“Classy.” Chris Greenwood (SOAS Radio, UK)
“Stunnishing!!!” Markus Milz (Radio Corax 95.9FM, Germany)
“Beautiful vocals, bass line loop and vibe.” DJ Mr Lob (Various, Australia)
“Nu jazz tune!” Olivier Cavaller (De La Bonne Musique, France)
“Woooooow!” Dobrimir Marzov (Radio Varna, Bulgaria)
“Very nice.” Robert Lochmann (Radio X, Germany)
“Nice one!” Radio Tomek (NuSpirit Club, Slovakia)
“Great!” Kid Hops (KEXP 90.3FM, USA)
“Great!” Veronique Prebolin (Radio Krimi, France)
“Nice one!” Junior (Record Breakin’, USA)
“Love it! Amazing vocals! with lots of psychedelia on it! Full support.” Enrique Domenech (Freeform, Spain)
“This builds and builds untill it grabs you and then wow!!!!!” Aja Allsop (Ketch-A-Vibe, UK)
“A highlight release on the label so far, can’t wait what the album offers, essential business!!” Alan O’Malley (RTE Pulse Dublin, Ireland)
“Yes mate, ace.” Steve KIW (We Are Love, UK)
“Cosmic vibes….real!” Cal Gibson (Various, UK)
“That bass line sticks deeply. Being in the studio and listening to this endlessly looped must be intense and hypnotic. Epic.” Rene Jospquin (Format Analog, Germany)
“Awesome. Ready for the summer.. wicked track.” Matthew Langfear (Various, UK)
“The inital build up and tune are a gentle taste of things to come as this tune grows from funky-cool to stadium earworm status. Very nicely done, great analog sounds and fab vocal. 5*” Drummie Dave (Various, UK)
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