MY LIFE STORY (Jake Shillingford): "Joined Up Talking" Album Interview

MY LIFE STORY "Joined Up Talking" Reissue 2025 #britpop #90smusic

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Our Electronic Cafe chat with JAKE SHILLINGFORD from 90s favourites MY LIFE STORY talking about the brand new 2LP Reissue of the 2000 classic album JOINED UP TALKING. . . . . an album that blends sharp orchestral pop with Jake Shillingford's vivid storytelling and wry wit.

MY LIFE STORY are an English pop group formed in London, England, in 1984. The group's success peaked in the mid to late 1990s as part of the Britpop era. Fronted by singer/songwriter Jake Shillingford, the group inherited their name from an earlier group in which Shillingford had appeared. A cross between a pop group and a chamber orchestra, the band's sound was heavily oriented toward orchestral instruments.

My Life Story released three successful albums and six top forty singles in the 1990s combining playful, evocative lyrics with memorable melodies, My Life Story is best known as a flamboyant orchestral 11-piece with string and brass section.

Signed to Parlophone in 1996, the band released The Golden Mile which spawned hit singles Sparkle, 12 Reasons Why I Love Her, The King of Kissingdom, Strumpet and Duchess, and re-released 1995's album Mornington Crescent. Joined Up Talking followed on Mother Tongue Records in 2000, featuring the sixth hit single, It’s A Girl Thing.

After enjoying early dates headlining over Oasis, My Life Story went on to tour with Blur and Pulp, among many others, at the height of the Britpop era and were firm favourites on the live scene and also collaborated with acts such as Morrissey, Marc Almond and The Wonder Stuff.

DISCOGRAPHY - Studio albums:

Mornington Crescent (1995)
The Golden Mile (1997)
Joined Up Talking (2000)
World Citizen (2019)
Loving You Is Killing Me (2024)

My Life Story Links:
https://mylifestory.band/

Buy Album: - Joined Up Talking 2LP + CD Reissue released on Friday 28th November 2025
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Tour / Tickets:
https://mylifestory.band/tours/

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