Every once in a while you come across a piece of music and ask “What the hell is this?” 99 times out of 100 it’s because what you just heard served a pretentious lack of melody and musical direction. Either way, we’re here to tell you that Jungle of Love is that 1 out of 100 real deal. No bull - we’ve got ourselves a wild unicorn here and it’s pretty awesome.
We could try and reference some bands that Jungle of Love sounds like (maybe Beck + Animal Collective + some post-core band?) but it's largely a waste of time. All we can say is that Jungle of Love is the bizarre dream baby of indie rock veteran Bill Reynolds (Band of Horses), branding expert by day/composer by night Ken Byers, and the mysterious, needle-felting aficionado Caleb Groh with a voice of gold and songwriting skills to match.
You’re skeptical, we know. What if we said that the opening track “No Pic, No Reply” is a love song voiced by two robots matched together and reciting craigslist “missed encounters” queries? How about the expansive use of vocoders that Reynolds and Groh champion throughout the EP? Maybe Byers' six layers of drum takes mixed and matched together will strike your fancy? If none of that has peaked your interest, we don’t know what to tell you. Maybe this just isn’t your thing, but it’s definitely ours, and we’re pretty proud of it. Just do yourself a favor and take a listen - we promise this is something you’ve never heard before.
Jungle of Love was produced by Michael Hardesty & Stephen Turney at Alex the Great in Nashville, Tennessee.
Directed and edited by Brad Cash
Photographs taken by Andrew White
Click here to download the full album: smarturl.it/tq8xxq
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