Lightman Jarvis Ecstatic Band, photo by Jeff Bierk
By Will McGuirk
“Ecstasy is perverse and sacred. To display ecstatic joy like we do on this album is a vulnerable thing. - Jarvis
"I’ve grown up with a voice in my head telling me to cheer up and to bury my feelings. Music is the place where I can go “deep into darkness and weep.” - Suzie Ungerleider
By Will McGuirk
“because I’m stuck here on the ground, cold and drunk as I can be”
Yearning to fly, yearning for flight, respite, and the artist in the despair of early morning rain cries out yes to light and turns their back on the night.
"YES,” which came from a desire to put something positive into the world. "I thought I would be writing more songs about despair. . . but we don’t need anymore hopelessness right now." - Reuben Bullock, Reuben and the Dark
“Parachutes was one of my formative albums, and I really like the idea of covering a song that is underrated. ‘Don't Panic’ feels like this kind of song, and it just kept coming back to me through this Pandemic era and has been a comfort to say the least.” - Mike Edel
You know the feeling when you're lying awake at night in a spiral of anxiety and can't understand why the regular stressors of life are so intense for you? When you begin to compare your problems with others and find yours unworthy of the 3am despair you're feeling?
It isn't rational, but I think it is something we've all gone through this year.
I wanted to illustrate that slice of life with my new single, "Ordinary Person."
You are not the only one engaging in catastrophic thinking, and I hope this song can be a comfort through this. - Clara Jones