Friday, March 21, 2008

Jeremy Jay To Release 7" Alpha Rhythm"/SXSW Raves/"A Place Where We Can Go" Out May 20th On K Records

The reduction of pop music to it's core attributes of the catchy and the delightful, with a smattering of the fantastic mixed in, and an urbane sense of color and good taste: this is the reputation that Jeremy Jay has earned after releasing just a few 45’s. His debut album A Place Where We Could Go is due in stores May 20, and the world awaits it with baited breath. In the meantime Jeremy Jay offers this slice of his rapidly growing oeuvre, not to be repeated on the much-anticipated LP: "Alpha Rhythm" an infectious dance pop anthem, and "Moonbeam Window", which explores the introverted, fantasy-laden elements of his inner psyche. A simply ravishing combination equally at home on either the dance floor or AM radio. K is happy to release "Alpha Rhythm" and "Moonbeam Window" as the latest volume of our International Pop Underground series of 7" 45 rpm records.


Jeremy Jay, a Californian, has toured the West Coast and ventured as far a field as New York City in the past year. He will performing across the U.S. after the release of A Place Where We Could Go, and has already begun working on his second K album, to be released in January 2009. His most recent release, "Airwalker", also a volume in the International Pop Underground series, was very well received by radio, press and interweb fanzines/logs/journals.

"Every once in a while, a record appears as if from nowhere. The lankiest man-child in pop, 6’3” Jeremy Jay has made a little gem with his Airwalker EP. His simple pop concoctions evoke Joy Division if they had done soundtrack work for John Hughes. Indeed, his songs, like Airwalker’s brilliant cover art, exude a cool that’s been studied. Not by corporate cool-hunters, mind you, but by someone keen to evoke his heroes. Fans of Chromatics or Glass Candy may find solitude here. “Airwalker” is a hit, something akin to Ian Curtis for roller rinks. “We Stay Here” manages to steal a riff from Kraftwerk’s “The Model” while sounding like David Lynch’s dream band in 1983. It’s all very, very simple. Nothing is superfluous. Each song is pared down to it’s most essential elements. “Lunar Camel” continues in this vein, without a chorus in sight. “ - SOMA

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