MUMBAI: Out now, singer-songwriter Jackson Lundy brings relatable memories to life in flickering flashes of pop, R&B, soul, rock, and country on his debut album, ‘PEACHY KEEN’. Widening his sonic palette this time around, the album embraces Americana, country, and grunge with open arms.
“In the past, I’ve made very conceptual projects, but I looked at this as my opportunity to put every style I like into one body of work,” Jackson Lundy notes. “I tried to be as diverse as possible. The production is very full, but it’s also intimate.”
Unfiltered and unabashed honesty defines Jackson’s artistry to the core, and ‘PEACHY KEEN’ is ultimately rooted in authenticity and nostalgia. Pulling songs from his personal archives spanning the last ten years, Jackson created a collection of songs and musical styles that he grew up loving and now wanted to shed light on in a modern context. It features collaborations with Korean-American singer-songwriter Sarah Kang, Charles Gaines, and Claudia Abena, and was produced by Nick Smith (emei, GOVAN, SMLE, Jillian Rossi), Kevin Farzad (Valley Boy, Outside Air), and Dylan Byrnes.
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“I wanted to showcase the kinds of music I grew up on as a way of saying thank you to all my heroes,” Jackson explains. “There are some influences on this record that you really just don’t hear anymore so it’s exciting to bring it back into peoples ears. There’s some old ragtime, some bossa, neo soul, a little country and a bunch of Pixar.”
The release follows after previous single “runnin’,” a collaboration with singer-songwriter Sarah Kang, and finally the album lead single, “work friends”. The track was written about Jackson’s time working in the kitchen at a restaurant and creating fantasies to pass the time.
“I wrote ‘work friends’ about my time working in the kitchen of a restaurant and dreaming up this fantasy of this deep yearning for someone you work with but is taken. And the helplessness of seeing that person every day with someone else as you wash dishes,” Jackson explains.
‘PEACHY KEEN’ Tracklisting
1. mom
2. miller lite
3. work friends
4. no place i’d rather be (feat. Charles Gaines)
5. {intermission}
6. come by
7. happy (got 1)
8. runnin’ (feat. Sarah Kang)
9. slowly (feat. Claudia Abena)
10. old me
