Jess Locke returns with the announcement of her fourth album Real Life out on Friday, 3rd May, and shares a sample of the long play that explores mortality with ‘Uncomfortably Happy’, alongside a video. Watch below! Setting the tone on her forthcoming album, ‘Uncomfortably Happy’ says it all in the title. Backed by fuzzy guitars and swelling synths, Locke questions the temporary aspect of living. The buoyant chorus attempts to sweep these anxieties and overanalyses away – a...
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Following singles ‘Fool‘, ‘Destroy Everything‘, ‘Dead and Gone‘ and ‘Halo‘, Melbourne singer-songwriter Jess Locke releases her third album Don’t Ask Yourself Why, out on Dot Dash Recordings. The album traverses themes of human behaviour, our egos and self-reflection and was recorded with bandmates James Morris and Chris Rawsthorne, and produced by Rob Muiños (Saskwatch, Julia Jacklin) in a tiny studio in the back of a guitar shop in Collingwood, before...
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Following an 8-date regional Victorian tour, Melbourne-based singer-songwriter Jess Locke shares ‘Halo‘, the fourth track to be lifted off her forthcoming album Don’t Ask Yourself Why out Friday 26 March 2021 via Dot Dash Recordings. ‘Halo’ sees Locke employ the album’s producer Rob Muinos for a delicate duet that is at the same time deep and guttural. Locke comments, “As soon as I wrote this song, I knew exactly how I...
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Known for penning indie guitar-pop tracks that are at times subtle and full of melancholy, at times delivered with an acerbic tongue, but always steeped heavily in narrative, Melbourne-based singer-songwriter Jess Locke shares ‘Dead and Gone‘, the third single off her forthcoming album Don’t Ask Yourself Why out Friday 26 March via Dot Dash Recordings. To celebrate the new single, Jess Locke announces an 8-date Victorian tour, performing to audiences in Melbourne,...
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Dot Dash Recordings is thrilled to announce that Jess Locke‘s forthcoming album Don’t Ask Yourself Why will be released on Friday 26 March 2021. The Melbourne-based singer-songwriter is known for penning indie guitar-pop tracks that are at times subtle and full of melancholy, at times delivered with an acerbic tongue, but always steeped heavily in narrative. To celebrate the album announcement, Jess Locke shares a contrasting track from the album...
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Melbourne artist Jess Locke is known for penning indie pop tracks that are at times subtle and full of melancholy, at times delivered with an acerbic tongue, but always steeped heavily in narrative. Her new single ‘Fool’ is simple and raw, seeking to partner dirty grunge guitars, a fuzzy lead, gritty vocals and a punchy rhythm section. With the new track comes the announcement that Locke has inked a deal...
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Melbourne singer-songwriter Jess Locke today releases a new 7” vinyl featuring two new singles ‘My Body Is An Ecosystem’ & ‘Nothing At All’. To celebrate, the band will hit the road this December, playing Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney, Port Macquarie & Wollongong. Tour details below! ‘My Body Is An Ecosystem’ is a perfect slice of Jess Locke’s trademark dreamy guitar-pop. Speaking of the single she comments “I have a temperamental relationship with...
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Melbourne’s Jess Locke has announced she will play shows in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane & Perth this March in support of her new single ‘Dangerous’. Check out further tour info below! To coincide with the single tour Jess has shared an accompanying video to ‘Dangerous’, being the final single from her latest LP Universe. Watch the video below! This is Jess’ first headline tour for the year after a busy 2017 culminating in a sold...
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Melbourne’s Jess Locke, has released her new album, Universe. To celebrate Jess has shared a video for new single ‘Drive To Drink’. Watch it below! With a few years playing and then recording with her full band, Universe emerged consisting of both brand new and older previously released home-recordings, now re-written: “the album was very much about exploring the sound of things, and capturing an atmosphere, more than any particular concepts. There are definitely themes that...
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Jess Locke has announced a national tour for November this year. The tour will follow the release of her new album Universe, out Friday 20th October. See tour dates and info below. Singles from the album ‘Universe’ and ‘Better/Bitter’ encapsulate Jess’ ability to match dreamy guitar pop with stark commentary. It’s a sound that has developed through the long time Jess has performed in unconventional spaces: water parks, cemeteries, roundabouts, bookshops and...
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Jess Locke has announced her new album Universe, out on Friday 20th October. She has also shared an accompanying video to the title track, made by friends of Jess, Marnie Vaughn (Bare Pictures) and Mim Montgomery at Monster House, an artist run studio space in Marrickville. Watch it below! Half stop motion animation and half video, the ‘Universe’ video shows Jess singing to the viewer through an old window as its panes are gradually...
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Pool House Records and Remote Control are thrilled to announce the signing of Melbourne’s Jess Locke, she’s the first addition to the Pool House family. To celebrate, Jess has shared a new single ‘Better/Bitter’, taken from an album due for release later this year. Watch the video below! Pool House Records’ Chris Cowburn says of Jess: “We have loved and admired Jess Locke for some time now. We were all...
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