New Life, by J. Vague

New Life

by J. Vague

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David Brantley A fresh sound, sprinkled with nostalgia. Love it! Favorite track: Sunbeams.

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It’s a new life for the mysterious singer behind New Life. The artist now known as J. Vague has previously released and played with a number of fairly well-known independent acts, but grew disillusioned with the music industry as years went on. J. Vague left the industry, stopped writing songs, took his talents elsewhere but simply couldn’t leave it all behind, couldn’t turn off the music in his heart.

So here we are, in this brand new world, with this brand new EP by J. Vague, who’s also brand new to the scene but at the same time has been around for longer than you might think. A musician through and through: “When I was a teenager I would write music every day but as I grew older and took interest in different things apart from music, I started to only work on something musically when there was a certain intensity in my life”, J. Vague says. The advent of changing political realities all around the world and difficult times all over inspired him to go back to his roots and search for an expression of the feelings through the trade he felt most at home in. “When I wasn't in the studio writing songs I was with my friend and lover A and I think I basically wrote the whole record about being in love”, J. Vague explains, because even despite the apocalypse, life goes on, and there is goodness, there is joy, and there is love to be found and held. The resulting songs sound lightweight, yet never trivial. There is, for example, the track Sunbeams, evoking the feeling of standing in tall grass that’s still wet from a summer storm, with your arms around your lover, soaking up the sun’s energy shooting through space while kissing your partner’s sweaty lips. “Writing and recording this one was done in just a few hours”, J. Vague laughs, “the feeling was genuine. I really meant it.” Or Interrupted, the penultimate track, nothing more than a clever interlude: “This is what a song might sound in it's very first stages of becoming”, he says, “A vibe, a texture, a harmony. After recording a few layers I felt like it was already there.”

New Life is an exciting introduction to an artist who’s transformed into the shape he has always been destined to finally become, like a caterpillar turning into a gorgeous butterfly. And we’re the lucky ones to witness it.

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released August 21, 2020

Music Written By J. Vague
Lyrics Written By J. Vague
Instruments Played By J. Vague
Produced By Dennis Jüngel and J. Vague
Mastered By Norman Nitzsche @ CALYX Mastering
Artwork By Infuso Giallo
Cover Photo By Alvatarx9000
Liner Notes By Aida Baghernejad

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