Jeremy Jay - A Place Where We Could Go (2008)

Hailing from Los Angeles as a new contender in the lo-fi singer-songwriter pop scene, Jeremy Jay pulls from Lou Reed’s methodology, Hunky Dory-era Bowie’s swagger, and Jonathan Richman’s innocence. The fact that he refers to his hometown as ‘Angel City’ provides some insight into the fantasy elements that also find themselves at the heart of his music on his new full-length debut.

Jeremy obviously has a great affinity for Lou Reed. That’s not to say he shares Lou’s signature croon, only that the style in which they both approach song-writing and instrumentation are very similar. Jeremy is a poet in the purest sense. He uses music to provide a subtle backdrop to his writing, which doesn’t always acknowledge the former, throwing the necessity of rhyme out the window as well as any acceptance of how many words or syllables should fit in a given line. The sparse guitars and piano combined with simple percussion allow the whimsical lyrics to garner most of the attention.

Streamable Track: "Escape to Aspen"


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