Stream: JR JR, ‘Gone’

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JR JR, fka Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
JR JR, fka Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.

As they promised last week when they announced they had changed their name from Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. to JR JR, Joshua Epstein and Daniel Zott have unveiled the new song “Gone,” a playful dance-pop stomp that Epstein calls “karaoke worthy” and that will appear on their new album. That album, titled “JR JR,” will be out Sept. 25, marking the duo’s third release for Warner Bros. and following up 2013’s “The Speed of Things.” Recorded between their home base of Detroit and Los Angeles during breaks in their tour schedule, the new album figures to see JR JR branching out a bit — last year they collaborated on a hip-hop mixtape, and their 2014 single “James Dean” saw them dipping their toes into nu-R&B. “Gone” is as easy to digest as their new name is to type. Cheers.

||| Stream: “Gone”:

||| Live: JR JR plays Oct. 10 at the Teragram Ballroom, with Hippo Campus supporting.

Photo by Travis Shinn