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Andy Jenkins (Matthew E. White collaborator) releases new single “ASCENDANT HOG” and announces debut album ‘SWEET BUNCH’  

March 5, 2018

Shawn Brackbill

 

Andy Jenkins (Matthew E. White collaborator) releases new single “ASCENDANT HOG”
and announces debut album ‘SWEET BUNCH’  

Out June 15 via SPACEBOMB RECORDS

 

Andy Jenkins has today released brand new single “Ascendant Hog”, the first taken from his Spacebomb Records (Matthew E. WhiteNatalie PrassBedouine) debut album ‘Sweet Bunch’, out June 15th, 2018

From the front porches, alleys, and rivers of Richmond, Virginia comes Andy Jenkins carrying a crisp, newly cut album, ‘Sweet Bunch.’ Hatched in the tradition of Southern culture—unhurried in his art, yet weirdly ahead of the curve by the time he arrives— Andy is a joyously idiosyncratic songwriting talent, ripened over years of relative obscurity. ‘Sweet Bunch’ springs into the world fully-formed, sitting at the crossroads of modernism and timelessness, sensitivity and decision, with the expansiveness and musical drawl of Big Star, the bounce of John Prine, and the curly, perfectly-carved melodies of George Harrison. Each song paints a wild landscape, the mood of a sun setting on a damn good day among friends and favored creatures.

Andy is a kind of unheard counterpoint, originating from the same small scene of independent Virginia youth culture that produced artists like Justin Frye (PC Worship) Natalie Prass, and Matthew E. White, all friends from his teenage years. He found the perfect seedbed for his particular sensibility in Spacebomb Records, a label known for offering high musicianship outside of the predictabilities of New York, Nashville, and Los Angeles.

Produced by longtime collaborator White (who Andy supported on his UK tour last October), with the Spacebomb crew and another old friend, Phil Cook, running hard into midnight, ‘Sweet Bunch’ was essentially recorded in three days of flow-state, with the drums, bass, keys, and guitars all live and nothing to regret. The source of this musical surety lies with Jenkins’ songwriting— natural and effortless as the glide of a swan or sailboat— matched in spirit and strength by the sweet bunch in the studio. Backed by some ringers and a very full chorus, Andy’s warm words come buoyed on cool streams of melody, telling the greater world that Virginia has become, once again, a musical frontier.

Andy Jenkins ‘Sweet Bunch’ track list:
01. Hazel Woods
02. Curve of Love
03. Genuine Heart
04. Ascendant Hog
05. Sweet Bunch
06. White Linen
07. Illuminated
08. Get Together
09. Song for Me

Pre-order Sweet Bunch on standard black vinyl or limited edition colored vinyl*, CD, or digital download.
Buy/pre-order: http://smarturl.it/AndyJenkins 

All pre-orders ship with a free enamel pin and zine by Andy Jenkins, both pre-order exclusive items limited to the first 100 orders.
*limited to 300 copies only.

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