Ears Wide Open: Nightjacket
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The debut EP from L.A. quintet Nightjacket recalls hazy daze of Mazzy Star and 10,000 Maniacs, not to mention the feeling you can get drunk just off the night. “Eternal Phase,” due June 23, began as a collaboration between songwriters Holland Belle, whose sultry vocals take on a woozier tint than they did on the solo EP of bluesy folk she released in February, and guitarist Jordan Wiggins, whose shimmering atmospherics seem right out of the dream-pop hall of fame. The duo, who produced the EP, are joined by guitarist Louie Schultz (Army Navy), bassist Steve Lucarelli (Wounds) and drummer Diego Guerrero (ex-Weather Underground/Red Cortez). The languid first single “The Right Way to Fall” seems to answer sonically the question it implies: Ever so gently.
||| Stream: “The Right Way to Fall”
||| Live: Nightjacket plays Saturday at the Lexington in downtown L.A., on June 6 as part of Make Music Pasadena and June 22 at the Echo.
Photo by James Pillon
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