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Matches

by Earth To Jonathan

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This installment of Earth To Jonathan’s self-produced cosmic American music is focused more on instrumentals, though there are a few vocals peppered in as well. It's an idiosyncratic group of songs, and listening to one track gives you almost no idea of what is coming next.

Yet the album maintains laid back flow that prevents any stylistic whiplash. As one listener put it, "it's such a groover—so West Coast. I feel like I should be driving on Sunset listening to this.” This is despite it being recorded entirely in New York City during the pandemic, but this only emphasizes the themes of escapism and the way that each song can be seen as a stop over in a sort of musical road trip through an off-kilter America.

One of the characters we meet is keyboardist Frank LoCrasto (Cass McCombs, Parquet Courts, Fruit Bats, Kolombo) who makes an entrancing guest appearance on Secret Margarita.

Matches covers roots rock, tropical lounge jazz, funk, electropop, and ends with an ambient improvisational track that brings to mind a world where Robbie Robertson joined the Durutti Column. It's a mix that no algorithm would ever assemble, and that's a breath of fresh air.

Album notes by Lee Summit

credits

released August 26, 2022

Jonathan Kemp: Vocals, guitars, bass, drums, percussion, Rhodes, synthesizer, and drum machine programming

Frank LoCrasto: Keyboards on Secret Margarita

Mastered by Jeff Lipton and Maria Rice at Peerless Mastering

Artwork and album design by Chloe Harrison-Ach

Composed, recorded, and mixed by Jonathan Kemp (BMI)

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