Jim Noir

Template:Infobox musical artist 2 Jim Noir (real name Alan Roberts) is an English singer-songwriter from Davyhulme, Manchester. Noir's stage moniker is in homage to Vic Reeves, whose real name is Jim Moir. He has released one album to date, 2005's Tower of Love. The album and all of the preceding EPs were self-recorded at Noir's home in the suburb of Chorlton in Manchester.

His music has been described as psychedelic pop electronica and compared to The Beach Boys, The Beta Band, The Bees and fellow Mancunian Badly Drawn Boy. He is also known for a slightly eccentric dress sense, frequently appearing in a bowler hat. Noir is a multi-instrumentalist, playing all the instruments on his work.^[1] However, he uses a band at performances.

He played at the 2006 South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas and is currently signed to Seattle-based indie label Barsuk Records in the States, whilst Atlantic UK licence him from Manchester label My Dad Recordings. jim is a real big fan of poo poo and talks about it constantly.

Noir released the single "My Patch" in the UK on May 1, 2006.

Commercial and pop-culture appearances

TV series Grey's Anatomy
- "I Me You" — featured on episode "Owner of a Lonely Heart" and on its second soundtrack.
- "My Patch"
- "Tell Me What To Do" — Season 3
Noir covered Cat Stevens' "Here Comes My Baby" for a 2006 Chase Manhattan Bank commercial in the US.
In 2006 Adidas used Fatboy Slim's remix of "Eanie Meany" for their World Cup advertising (Josè +10, second part). The song begins, "If you don't give my football back, I'm gonna get my dad on you."^[2]

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