New York-born, Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Jackson Lundy brings relatable memories to life in flickering flashes of pop, R&B, soul, rock, and country on his debut album, PEACHY KEEN. Recorded in Los Angeles and Nashville, he widened his sonic palette this time around, embracing Americana, country, and grunge with open arms.
“In the past, I’ve made very conceptual projects, but I looked at this as my opportunity to put every style I like into one body of work,” he notes. “I tried to be as diverse as possible. The production is very full, but it’s also intimate.”
Unfiltered and unabashed honesty defines Jackson’s artistry to the core, and PEACHY KEEN is ultimately rooted in authenticity and nostalgia. Pulling songs from his personal archives spanning the last ten years, Jackson created a collection of songs and musical styles that he grew up loving and now wanted to shed light on in a modern context. It features collaborations with Korean-American singer-songwriter Sarah Kang, Charles Gaines, and Claudia Abena, and was produced by Nick Smith (emei, GOVAN, SMLE, Jillian Rossi), Kevin Farzad (Valley Boy, Outside Air), and Dylan Byrnes.
“I wanted to showcase the kinds of music I grew up on as a way of saying thank you to all my heroes,” Jackson explains. “There are some influences on this record that you really just don’t hear anymore so it’s exciting to bring it back into peoples ears. There’s some old ragtime, some bossa, neo soul, a little country and a bunch of Pixar.”
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After teasing this era with “happy (got 1),” he cracked open “miller lite,” followed by the mesmerizing “old me,” “come by,” “runnin’,” a collaboration with singer-songwriter Sarah Kang, and finally “work friends” which comes today with the album. “work friends” was written about Jackson’s time working in the kitchen at a restaurant and creating fantasies to pass the time. The video for “work friends” was directed by Chris Alderfer and Niki Sunday and stars Jackson and Vienna Hintze.
“I wrote ‘work friends’ about my time working in the kitchen of a restaurant and dreaming up this fantasy of this deep yearning for someone you work with but is taken. And the helplessness of seeing that person every day with someone else as you wash dishes,” Jackson explains.
