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“BIG TINGS” marks the determined return of Polaris Music Prize nominee JayWood, joined by Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner of the Oakland, California, art-pop duo Tune-Yards. Together, they’ve crafted a meticulously produced, exponentially layered song of empowerment that fluidly navigates the blurred lines between genres such as Alternative Hip-Hop, Indie, and Neo-Soul—territory where JayWood feels entirely at home.

Encouraging resilience in the song’s lyricism, JayWood explains: “This song switches perspective—sometimes I’m talking to myself, and sometimes I’m reaching out to the listener. Keep going, keep trying, don’t stop.” The single serves as a fitting preview of what’s to come later this year from JayWood: “I got big tings coming down the pipe, so what.”

JayWood – the nom de plume of Jeremy Haywood-Smith – most recently released 2023’s Grow On EP, on Captured Tracks. The EP includes two bonus tracks from the previous year’s Slingshot sessions, an “OG” version of the album single “Thank You,” a cover of Tyler, the Creator’s “SWEET,” and the release’s lead single, “Dirk Gently (Know Yourself).”

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Bartees Strange was raised on fear. His family used scary stories to teach life lessons, and at an early age, Strange started using scary movies to practice being strong. The world can be a terrifying place, and for a young, queer, black person in rural America, that terror can be visceral. Horror is an album about facing those fears and growing to become someone to be feared. Throughout the record, Strange lays down one difficult truth after another, all over a sonic pastiche of music he loved as a kid. His dad introduced him to Parliament Funkadelic, Fleetwood Mac, Teddy Pendergrass, and Neil Young. Those influences merged with Strange’s interest in hip-hop, country, indie rock, and house, culminating in a record that feels completely original.

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