Ahead of First Full Length in 5 Years
Slow Lightning out October 13
Album Release Tour Kicks off on October 12, Hometown Album Release Show on October 13 at New York’s Mercury Lounge
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September 26, 2023: Today, the New York-based artist The Bones of J.R. Jones released “Animals,” the final pre-release single from Slow Lightning,
his first studio album in more than 5 years that will be released on
October 13 via Tone Tree Music. On October 12, he will kick off the
second leg of his US album release tour in Washington, D.C. followed by a
hometown album release show at Mercury Lounge in New York on October
13. Find a full list of tour dates below or visit his website. Slow Lightning is now available for pre-order on pink vinyl.
The Bones of J.R. Jones Releases
About the new song, Jonathon Linaberry (best known by his stage name The Bones of J.R. Jones) explains: “‘Animals’
is about letting yourself go and giving into another version of
yourself. Going out, getting into trouble, letting whatever may happen,
happen and finding out you're happier that way.”
“Animals” follows the release of the album’s radio single “The Good Life,” which was released last month alongside a moving official video starring actress Maggie McDowell. Atwood Magazine
proclaimed, “‘The Good Life’ radiates with smoldering folk rock passion
and perseverance as The Bones of J.R. Jones echoes our endless
individual pursuit in song.” The album’s propulsive debut single “Heaven Help Me” was praised by Magnet Magazine and has already been streamed more than 250,000 times.
As the title suggests, the 12-track collection Slow Lightning
is raw and visceral, pulsating with an understated electrical current
that flows through his cinematic brand of roots noir. The songs grapple
with doubt and desire in the face of nature and fate, and frequent
collaborator Kiyoshi Matsuyama’s production is eerily hypnotic to match,
with haunting synthesizers, vintage drum machines, and ghostly
guitars.
“I
felt very lost at the time I was writing these songs,” Linaberry
confesses. “It was a moment of deep crisis and anxiety, but I knew the
only way out was through, which meant I just had to bring myself to the
table every day and put in the work.”
The Bones of J.R. Jones is a New York-based songwriter,
storyteller, visual artist and “one man band who can hold an audience
rapt, rendering the cacophony of a stage full of musicians utterly
unnecessary” (Noisey). His 2021 EP, A Celebration, was praised by American Songwriter, Under The Radar and Atwood Magazine, who called it “an intimate, visceral outpouring of vulnerability, reflection, connection, and wonder.”
Slow Lightning tracklist:
1) Animals
2) Slow Lightning
4) Blue Skies
5) Preservation
6) The Flood
8) I Ain’t Through With You
9) Love Is A Sickness
11) Salt Sour Sweet
12) Baby Run
Tour Dates:
10/12 – Washington, DC – DC9
10/13 – New York, NY – Mercury Lounge
10/14 – Woodstock, NY – Levon Helm Studios
10/16 – Richmond, VA – Camel
10/17 – Charlottesville, VA – The Southern Cafe and Music Hall
10/18 – Raleigh, NC – The Pour House Music Hall & Record Shop
10/19 – Charlotte, NC – Evening Muse
10/20 – Decatur, GA – Eddie's Attic
10/21 – Nashville, TN – The Basement
11/8 – Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso
11/9 – Luxembourg, LUX – Gudde Wellen
11/10 – Paris, FR – No.Pi
11/11 – London, UK – Omeara
11/14 – Cologne, DE – Jaki
11/15 – Hamburg, DE – Uebel & Gefährlich
11/16 – Berlin, DE – Kantine Berghain
11/17 – Leipzig, DE – Naumanns
11/18 –Frankfurt, DE – Brotfabrik
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