Recorded in August/September 2017 in Rivoli, Italy: Maison Hermétique
Produced by Casey Chandler & Federico Puttilli
Engineered and mixed by Federico Puttilli
Mixed at Maison Hermétique
Mastered by Simone Squillario
Cover Image by Steve Mccord

All songs written by Casey Chandler, except 'B.L.T.' which was written by Federico Puttilli and Bleed which was written by Jacob Dagirmanjian
Lyrics: Casey Chandler except 'Bleed', which were written by Jacob Dagirmanjian
Casey Chandler: Acoustic guitar, vocals, piano, bass, synths, drum
programming, beatbox
Federico Puttilli: Electric guitars, sampling on 'Obidos'
Francesco Ventura: Piano, rhodes, farfisa organ
Alessio Sanfilippo: Drums, percussion

Pulse

Jessica’s Brother release their second track, All The Better, following on from their well received debut Overnight Horror at the start of the year. 

Channelling the spirit of the Brothers Grimm to an otherworldly atmosphere, rich in jagged, uneven, perfect harmonies, All The Better is a hushed, eerie folk song. It explores the melancholy and optimism of breaching adolescence and the limbo before adulthood; a simple tale of growing up.

There are themes of joy, anger, silliness. The characters change, the instruments clamber over each other in a small room. Their shared influences include Silver Jews, Jason Molina, Richard Thompson and Neil Young. 

All The Better is their second single, following on from Overnight Horror from the tail end of 2017. A full length album is due in the summer.

The single artwork comes from Tom’s sister, the eponymous Jessica [Jessica Jane Charleston]. 

Jessica’s Brother first started playing together in October 2016 when Jonny Helm (drums, also of The Wave Pictures) asked Charlie Higgs (bass, previously of Ramshackle Union Band) to come and play some songs written by Tom Charleston (Jessica’s Brother). The trio clicked immediately, and just 9 months later recorded the album with Laurie Sherman at The Cube and with Darren Hayman. A few friends joined them in the studio, including Dan Mayfield on violin (Enderby’s Room) and Paul Rains on guitar and slide guitar (Allo Darlin’ / Tigercats).

“Jessica’s Brother’s shambling nerdcore is clearly a passion project intended to please only themselves. Good for them. Their pivotal number Polstead Instead, loosely based on the 1976 Jonathan Richman track New England, is a jingling rush that would have headed John Peel’s Festive 50 in another life.” The Guardian

“Jessica’s Brother deliver a gothic English folk tale filtered through Silver Jews and early Pavement, with Mayfield’s dark violin adding a Bad Seeds-y edge. These are just signposts however, there is no derivative homage here. It all feels right, and, as with all the best bands, they make it sound new. Their songs deliver lazy, laconic vocal melodies with a muscular Neil Young flex in the guitars and just a soupçon of The Band in the arrangements. I want to say the last thing we need is another indie-pop supergroup, but I can’t, because Jessica’s Brother are exactly what we need.” Art & Music Saatchi Magazine

“it’s a stunning combination of gothic-country and 1960’s inspired psych-folk, simultaneously downbeat and expansive. The influence of Jason Molina is clear in the croaked vocal, while the guitar playing has a Neil Young-like virtuosity and there’s even room for some deliciously atmospheric violin flourishes.” For The Rabbits

All The Better

Jessica's Brother - All The Better

We're Not Talking

Shadowman

A brand new single from Chicago's EARRING. "Flower Every" is a departure from the wavy muddy catharsis we experienced on the band's debut full length and sees them headed toward a more straight forward hook heavy approach. Jason Balla (Ne-Hi, Dehd) takes the vocal delivery into the light culminating in the band's most powerful work yet.

Earring - Flower Every

*lyrics*
I've been married more than Liz Taylor
Soaked in white diamonds
Sampling everyone's flavor
I've got more bad jokes than Mia Wallace
And if I were there I would've won that dance contest
ooo ooo ooo la la la la la la 
And you don't even know my real name
It is not Lady Goodman

Da da da da da Da da da da

I have been waiting for you
I have been waiting for you 
I have been waiting for you
I have been waiting for you

(If you existed I'd divorce you - Liz Taylor)

Liz Taylor

Artist: Andrea von Kampen
Song: Portland
Info: https://andreavonkampen.fanlink.to/Portland

Artist: Alycia Lang
Song: 47
Info: soundcloud.com/alycia-lang

Artist: Easy Wanderlings
Song: Dream to Keep Us Going
Info: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2hfWu4We2fbIRY9kClxBHT?autoplay=true&v=T

Artist: Little Quirks
Song: I Told You So
Info: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6l6nwL0mxcwiSwa8WOebCx?autoplay=true&v=T

Artist: Bruno Wistful
Song: Into the Night
Info: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7p8tkv2ue8hnVRnUwxXils?autoplay=true&v=T

Artist: Matt Reagan
Song: Like You
Info: https://soundcloud.com/mattreagan

Artist: Hawk and the Wild
Song: Ocean Watch
Info: www.hawkandthewild.com

Artist: Galapaghost
Song: Pulse
Info: goo.gl/1soStM

Artist: Single Girl, Married Girl
Song: Starlight
Info: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5DbbgFicZGIQyhkmBg2g7m?si=L4BUVmtQS0OgVR6wWrkBOw

Artist: Tom Lee-Richards
Song: The Wearing Kind
Info: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6EJm9IYxsBfbdZGSV6pdLB?si=ZXpl02YsQQuKDwuE3xtAFg

Tea - Acoustic Demo

Loretta's Garden