We heard of JEEN back in September 2014 when we chatted to her for one of our award winning 'Introducing' sessions (you can read the feature HERE) and have been keeping a close eye on her ever since. Imagine my surprise when an email popped into my inbox from JEEN with news of a new single and forthcoming album, read more below....
“Any Moment” is the only song off her forthcoming record, Gift Shop that she didn’t self-produce in her attic. IAN BLURTON, who also plays guitar on the track and mixed the entire LP, co-produced/recorded "Any Moment" at his studio, Pro Gold in Toronto (with musical great TOM SZCZESNIAK on organ + radio mix courtesy of JEFF DALZIEL).
The other eight songs from Gift Shop are pretty DIY... She played most of the guitars and as mentioned, produced it herself in her attic. Jeen's husband played drums, and her brother, who was living with them at the time, was conveniently recruited as their bass player. One of their oldest friends, Griffin, laid down some additional guitars throughout the album.
Jeen said that she was a lot harder on herself with this record than she had been with previous albums. "In retrospect, it was quite therapeutic - I never intended to produce my own stuff – that was born of necessity – and I’m still learning as I go along". She really tried to keep the production straightforward so she didn’t get in over her head. The album’s called Gift Shop because she's not very good at putting herself on display – she commented "I’d be good to lock myself away and just release records under the radar".
But she's trying to get over it...
Gift Shop is out on September 14th via Red Brick Songs.
Listen to “Any Moment” through SoundCloud / Spotify / Indie88
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