# Jack Peñate

Jack Peñate (born 2 September 1984) is an English singer, songwriter, producer, and musician.

## Early life

Peñate was born in London on 2 September 1984, the son of an English mother and a Spanish father. His maternal grandfather was author Mervyn Peake. He attended Alleyn's School in Dulwich alongside Jessie Ware, The Maccabees, and Florence Welch.

## Career

Peñate released debut album Matinée in 2007 and second album Everything Is New in 2009. In June 2015 he said he was working on new material, releasing his first new music in 5 years in 2018. After a decade without an album, he released his third album After You in 2019.
Since 2021 Peñate has collaborated with Inflo and the collective Sault across several albums, including 11 which in May 2023 won the Ivor Novello Award for "Best Album". Peñate alongside producer Inflo, vocalists Cleo Sol and Chronixx were joint recipients of the award.
In November 2023, Sault announced their first live performance, teasing that they would play an unreleased album of material. The tour was initiated on 14 December in London with Peñate featuring as a guest performer, the show included songs from an at the time unreleased album Acts of Faith.
In June 2024, Peñate appeared on stage playing guitar with Little Simz at the 2024 Glastonbury Festival.

## Discography
### Songwriting and production credits

| Title | Year | Artist | Album | Songwriter | Producer | Producer | Producer | Producer |
| Title | Year | Artist | Album | Songwriter | Primary | Secondary | Additional | Vocal |
| "Bitter Streets" | 2021 | Sault | Nine | Y | | | |
| "Fear" | 2021 | Sault | Nine | Y | | | |
| "Above The Sky" | 2022 | Sault | Today & Tomorrow | Y | | | |
| "Heal The World" | 2022 | Sault | Today & Tomorrow | Y | | | |
| "In The Beginning" | 2022 | Sault | Today & Tomorrow | Y | | | |
| "Lion" | 2022 | Sault | Today & Tomorrow | Y | | | |
| "Money" | 2022 | Sault | Today & Tomorrow | Y | | | |
| "Run" | 2022 | Sault | Today & Tomorrow | Y | | | |
| "The Greatest Smile" | 2022 | Sault | Today & Tomorrow | Y | | | |
| "The Jungle" | 2022 | Sault | Today & Tomorrow | Y | | | |
| "The Plan" | 2022 | Sault | Today & Tomorrow | Y | | | |
| "The Return" | 2022 | Sault | Today & Tomorrow | Y | | | |
| "Fields" | 2022 | Sault | Earth | Y | | | |
| "Life We Rent But Love Is Rent Free" | 2022 | Sault | Untitled (God) | Y | | | |
| "Love Will Free Your Mind" | 2022 | Sault | Untitled (God) | Y | | | |
| "We Are Gods" | 2022 | Sault | Untitled (God) | Y | | | |
| "Angel" | 2022 | Sault | Angel EP | Y | | | |
| "Envious" | 2022 | Sault | 11 | Y | | | |
| "Fear No One" | 2022 | Sault | 11 | Y | | | |
| "Fight For Love" | 2022 | Sault | 11 | Y | | | |
| "Glory" | 2022 | Sault | 11 | Y | | | |
| "Higher" | 2022 | Sault | 11 | Y | | | |
| "In The Air" | 2022 | Sault | 11 | Y | | | |
| "Jack’s Gift" | 2022 | Sault | 11 | Y | | | |
| "Morning Sun" | 2022 | Sault | 11 | Y | | | |
| "River" | 2022 | Sault | 11 | Y | | | |
| "The Circle" | 2022 | Sault | 11 | Y | | | |
| "Together" | 2022 | Sault | 11 | Y | | |
| "Intro" | 2023 | Jayda G | Guy | Y | | Y | |
| "Blue Lights" | 2023 | Jayda G | Guy | Y | | Y | |
| "Heads Or Tails" | 2023 | Jayda G | Guy | Y | | Y | |
| "Scars" | 2023 | Jayda G | Guy | Y | | Y | |
| "Interlude: I Got Tired Of Running" | 2023 | Jayda G | Guy | Y | | Y | |
| "Lonely Back In O" | 2023 | Jayda G | Guy | Y | | Y | |
| "Your Thoughts" | 2023 | Jayda G | Guy | Y | | Y | |
| "Interlude: It Was Beautiful" | 2023 | Jayda G | Guy | Y | | Y | |
| "Meant To Be" | 2023 | Jayda G | Guy | Y | | Y | |
| "Circle Back Around" | 2023 | Jayda G | Guy | Y | | Y | |
| "When She Dance" | 2023 | Jayda G | Guy | Y | | Y | |
| "Sapphires Of Gold" | 2023 | Jayda G | Guy | Y | | Y | |
| "15 Foot" | 2023 | Jayda G | Guy | Y | | Y | |
| "Airplane" | 2023 | Cleo Sol | Heaven | Y | | | |
| "Love Will Lead You There" | 2023 | Cleo Sol | Heaven | Y | |
| "Movie Love" | 2023 | Dead Mary | Movie Love (Single) | Y | | Y | |
| "No Time" (feat. Jack Peñate) | 2023 | Django Django | Off Planet | Y | | | |
| "Lover, You Should Have Come Over" | 2023 | Elmiene | Single | | | Y | |
| "If We Only Knew" (From the documentary film Blue Carbon) | 2024 | Jayda G | Single | Y | | Y | |
| "Highwood House" | 2024 | SAM MORTON | Daffodils & Dirt | Y | | Y | |
| "Purple Yellow" | 2024 | SAM MORTON | Daffodils & Dirt | Y | | Y | |
| "Cry Without End" | 2024 | SAM MORTON | Daffodils & Dirt | Y | | Y | |
| "Sharing My Body" | 2024 | Treanne | 20/20 EP | | | Y | |
| "It's Ur Birthday" | 2024 | Treanne | 20/20 EP | | | Y | |
| "Please" | 2024 | Treanne | 20/20 EP | Y | | Y | |
| "Reasons" | 2024 | Treanne | 20/20 EP | Y | | Y | |
| "A Cloud Never Dies" | 2024 | Plum Village Band | A Cloud Never Dies | Y | | Y | |
| "A Prayer For Land" | 2024 | Plum Village Band | A Cloud Never Dies | Y | | Y | |
| "Interlude" | 2024 | Plum Village Band | A Cloud Never Dies | Y | | Y | |
| "Invocation" | 2024 | Plum Village Band | A Cloud Never Dies | Y | | Y | |
| "Convocation" | 2024 | Plum Village Band | A Cloud Never Dies | Y | | Y | |
| "Thay Ol" | 2024 | Plum Village Band | A Cloud Never Dies | Y | | Y | |
| "Arrived" | 2024 | Plum Village Band | A Cloud Never Dies | Y | | Y | |
| "Don’t Wait" | 2024 | Plum Village Band | A Cloud Never Dies | Y | | Y | |
| "Recommendation" | 2024 | Plum Village Band | A Cloud Never Dies | Y | | Y | |
| "Paradise State of Mind" | 2024 | Foster The People | Paradise State of Mind | Y | | |

### Albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | UK | UK Indie |
| Matinée | Released: 8 October 2007 Label: XL | 7 | 1 |
| Everything Is New | Released: 22 June 2009 Label: XL | 16 | 2 |
| After You | Released: 29 November 2019 Label: XL | — | 15 |
| Wondrous Strange | Released: 7 January 2024 Label: 77 | — | — |

### Singles

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Year | UK | UK Indie |
| "Second, Minute or Hour" | 2006 | 17 | 1 |
| "Spit at Stars" | 2006 | — | — |
| "Torn on the Platform" | 2007 | 7 | 1 |
| "Have I Been a Fool" | 2007 | 73 | 3 |
| "Tonight's Today" | 2009 | 23 | 1 |
| "Be the One" | 2009 | 35 | 3 |
| "Pull My Heart Away" | 2009 | 99 | — |
| "Prayer" | 2019 | — | — |
| "Not Enough" | 2020 | — | — |
| "No Law" | 2020 | — | — |
| "No One Died" | 2020 | — | — |
| "Remember in New York" | 2020 | — | — |
| "Crumbs" | 2021 | — | — |
| "Scars" | 2022 | — | — |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Association | Category | Nominated Work | Result | Ref. |
| 2023 | Ivor Novello | Best Album | 11 | Won | |