Bass Player

THE LOWDOWN

HEART BREAKING

A supergroup calling themselves the Jaded Hearts Club have released a debut single, a cover of the Isley Brothers’ 1962 song ‘Nobody But Me’. Now, we’re as sceptical as the next right-thinking bassist when we come up against these short-lived, generally not-very-super projects (where’s Superheavy nowadays, eh?), but this one is of particular interest for two reasons.

One, it’s formed of respected musicians including Matt Bellamy (Muse), Graham Coxon (Blur), Sean Payne (Zutons) and Miles Kane (Last Shadow Puppets), and two, Bellamy is playing bass this time. As

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