Watch: Jarrow – ‘Season’

Jarrow has shared a new video for ‘Season’. The single comes from his second album Expensive Hugs, out now. The video is Jarrow aka Dan Oke’s take on gun culture in America. Watch below! Dan describes “Season reflects my outside perspective of the desensitization of gun culture within the USA. It’s a topic I feel pretty strongly about – which I feel a lot of Australians share. The track attempts is to...

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Out now: Jarrow – Expensive Hugs

Jarrow’s second album Expensive Hugs is released into the world today! All riffs, melody and noise – it’s a masterclass in exultant garage rock from Footscray’s favourite self-taught, self-produced, multi-instrumentalist. Drawing inspiration equally from 21st century meme culture and classic 90’s indie-rock, Expensive Hugs is an immensely enjoyable dash through Oke’s world of pop-hooks, weird soundscapes and riff-jams – all fighting to break free of his perfect pop structures. Having just smashed...

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Jarrow announces album tour + shares new single ‘Bleach’

With just over a week until Jarrow’s second album Expensive Hugs is out in the world, the band share their rousing new single ‘Bleach’ and announce a run of headline shows. Watch the video to ‘Bleach’ below! Self-guided therapy through garage rock, that’s ‘Bleach’, the third single from Expensive Hugs. All riffs, melody and noise, the song moves at breakneck speed as Jarrow sings of strange childhood memories before finding catharsis and solace from...

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Watch – Jarrow ‘Kelp’

Jarrow has released the exultant garage-rocker ‘Kelp’, it’s the second single to come from his second album Expensive Hugs, out Friday 16 March. Watch the clip below! As the opening track off Expensive Hugs, ‘Kelp’ perfectly sets the tone for Jarrow’s weird and wonderful second album. Hooks, yelps and a dynamic lead-guitar adorn his compelling turn of phrase as it battles to break free of the songs perfect garage pop...

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Jarrow announces new album Expensive Hugs, shares ‘Emoji’ + residency

Jarrow is back with a brand new song, video, album and residency – all of it! Dan Oke’s bonkers new track ‘Emoji’ is the first off his brand-new album Expensive Hugs due Friday 16 March. Watch the clip below! Earnest acoustic rock ballads are not meant to feature vocoder drenched vocals. And they’re not meant to wobble increasingly out of shape as the song reaches its climax. Like Blind Melon attempting...

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