“Timing is everything. We can act like we can remove art from context, but it’s hard to kid ourselves into believing that our thoughts can be compartmentalized. There was a moment on Young Jesus’ 2020 breakthrough Welcome to Conceptual Beach that captured the dire hopelessness of the times better than just about anything echoing in our current, increasingly cramped quarters. The album’s liner notes”
“Following the dissolution of the group’s lineup, founding member John Rossiter plays alone for the first time, working up an intimate set of songs using just mic, laptop, and field recordings.”
“Through their first five mesmeric releases, Young Jesus cultivated its fully alive ethos by constructing towering post-rock instrumentals that rise then crash back down, along with freewheeling jazz that bubbles with spontaneity and the giddiness of a bright-eyed child. Two years since 2020’s Conceptual Beach, this alchemy of genre and style has been stripped away on their latest, Shepherd Head. B”
