Local soul-funk-groove band J-Calvin has released a new single, and it couldn’t come at a better time, said Jesse Ogle, the band’s bass player and leader-composer.
“We thought it was a great time to release it. We’re sitting on three tunes right now, three songs that we’re going to release – one each month. We thought it was kind of appropriate to release that song right now just because the topic is totally appropriate,” he said. “Obviously, if you get into the subject matter of the material, there are a lot of personal stories there, but I think the overall message is very much, we can relate with that. Kind of the end of the bridge is ‘It will all be OK essentially.’ That sense that even though we’re going through hard times, we know there’s going to be a point where everything recovers and we’re going to feel that. I think we all kind of know that.”
“Doesn’t Make Sense” is a collaboration with Tucson artist Reymon Murphy and shares a story of three different relationships and how they all had unexpected endings and beginnings – with a special highlight on the personal story of the death of Murphy’s daughter, according a news release. The song’s bridge highlights a different take than the verse and chorus with an angle that despite life’s challenges and heartbreaks we all know deep down inside that all will work out and be OK.
Because of the shutdown of virtually everything thanks to the novel coronavirus pandemic, J-Calvin is doing single releases for now, Ogle said, adding that if the band released an album, a supporting tour would be what they’d want to do, which, for now is not possible.
“We have a single release in May and one in June as well. They’re all kind of appropriate topics, too, to what we’re going through – the next one will be ‘Choose to Love,’ but it’s just about loving ourselves and the people around us,” he said. “Then what we’re going to do is hopefully – our anticipation is maybe that we’ll be back to live performances by the summer or fall, that we can release a full album with tour support at that time.”
Ogle said the single can be streamed on Spotify or YouTube, which is what the band suggests: “A lot of people don’t realize that if people follow the band on Spotify and subscribe to the YouTube channel, that will actually help the band monetize money from those.”
Fans who want to support the band financially can also buy the single on just about every platform, you can imagine.
CD Baby is a good place to go where most of the money goes generally to the artist, Ogle said.
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