PREMIERE: Jasper Jolley shares brilliant new solo track, Fool of Myself
Already a well-versed song-writer and performer, Jasper Jolley (Tiny Giants, Bones & Jones) has foregone both of the aforementioned bands and locked himself away to conjure up a solo release. Mongo Fight is happy to share with you the first single from this release, Fool Of Myself.
Jasper spent his youth on the Geelong surfcoast busking and playing in local bands, so the fact that he's pursuing a third musical endeavour shouldn't come as a shock. The entire Geelong music scene is full of repeat offenders, musicians dipping their toes in multiple pools. None do it with the effortless charm of Jolley though. He makes it seem easy to track a 6 song EP in your bedroom on your own, as I said - effortless charm. The EP harnesses the influence of The Beatles & The Kinks as well as a slew of 60's/70's folk & blues artists and turns it into something as playful as it is vulnerable.
In Fool Of Myself, Jolley explains he doesn't want to make a fool of himself and shows signs of genuine vulnerability but manages to have me smiling the whole way through the song with his dis-arming approach to the thoughts in his head. It's clever song-writing for sure.
The instrumentation itself garners a country twang at select points, a truly refreshing note in a song that is already a great introduction to Jasper's inner workings and late night scribbles.
Jasper Jolley's EP is released Friday, May 11 through Weather Vane Records on cassette.
Jasper spent his youth on the Geelong surfcoast busking and playing in local bands, so the fact that he's pursuing a third musical endeavour shouldn't come as a shock. The entire Geelong music scene is full of repeat offenders, musicians dipping their toes in multiple pools. None do it with the effortless charm of Jolley though. He makes it seem easy to track a 6 song EP in your bedroom on your own, as I said - effortless charm. The EP harnesses the influence of The Beatles & The Kinks as well as a slew of 60's/70's folk & blues artists and turns it into something as playful as it is vulnerable.In Fool Of Myself, Jolley explains he doesn't want to make a fool of himself and shows signs of genuine vulnerability but manages to have me smiling the whole way through the song with his dis-arming approach to the thoughts in his head. It's clever song-writing for sure.
The instrumentation itself garners a country twang at select points, a truly refreshing note in a song that is already a great introduction to Jasper's inner workings and late night scribbles.
Jasper Jolley's EP is released Friday, May 11 through Weather Vane Records on cassette.
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