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Jay Arner by Arner, Jay (CD, 2013)
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Product Identifiers
Record LabelMint Records, Mint
UPC0773871014925
eBay Product ID (ePID)6046078507
Product Key Features
FormatCD
Release Year2013
GenreAlternative Rock
ArtistArner, Jay
Release TitleJay Arner
Dimensions
Item Height0.14 in
Item Weight0.06 lb
Item Length5.49 in
Item Width4.96 in
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Number of Tracks10
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Tracks1.1 Midnight on South Granville 1.2 Bird of Prey 1.3 Broken Glass 1.4 Nightclubs 1.5 Sacrifice 1.6 Surf Don't Sink 1.7 Don't Remind Me 1.8 Out to Lunch 1.9 Wildest One 1.10 Emotional Whiteout
NotesFor years, Vancouver multi-instrumentalist Jay Arner has teamed up with others to translate the sounds in his head. He's fronted an indie rock band, played synthesizers and samplers in a pop duo, manned the drums for a piano-punk songwriter, and held down the bass in a eight-member collective. Along the way, he's also become a sought-after producer and remix artist, working out of Vancouver's legendary Hive Studios and recording acts like Mount Eerie, Apollo Ghosts, Rose Melberg, No Gold and many more. Now, finally, he is going it alone. Every sound on his eponymous debut album was self-recorded by Arner in his 72-square-foot practice space using a precariously perched desktop computer and his home recording gear. The sum of his many talents, these ten songs sizzle with DIY energy and encompass the scope of the songwriter's diverse résumé. Opener "Midnight on South Granville" sets a dark tone with it's coldly mechanical intro before flourishing into a lush post-punk synthscape that reflects Arner's love of analog electronics. Elsewhere, the bass-heavy pulse of "Broken Glass (In the Hall of Shattered Mirrors)" draws on '70s pseudo-funk, while "Wildest One" is an abrasive surge of distortion and "Don't Remind Me" is a soaring pop anthem that recalls classic Murderrecords songcraft. The lyrics are filled with self-doubt and wry cynicism, but don't expect confessional heartbreak-these timeless melodies and intricately wrought arrangements are filled with noisy pop sweetness, and there's not an acoustic guitar to be found. Given that Arner wrote, performed, recorded and mixed every note on the album, it's only fitting that it's self-titled. The cover artwork is a close-up photograph of the man's face. This is him at his most unfiltered and uncompromising, with only his musical whims to answer to. "Jay Arner engages in some scuzzy, towering power-pop - an ode to emotional pain, smoldering guitars and a mile-long sludge of production that touches on a foreign era. Mostly, though, it's just a catchy summer jam that could form a perfect mixtape bridge."
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