Louisville, Kentucky-based musician and artist Evan Patterson never planned for JAYE JAYLE to blossom from a stripped-down solo project into the otherworldly, full-band sonic experience that it is today. In the beginning, the songs were short and lighthearted, written on acoustic guitar with no intention of releasing them or even performing them publicly. Time, however, is a fckle thing.
‘After Alter’ is an astounding collection of musical memories and emotional fragments, all drawn together from previous recording sessions and previous lives in order to chart a cathartic creative course into new, unknown territories. At once volatile, gut wrenching and serene; expect the unexpected.
Patterson first formed Jaye Jayle as a new, unbridled take on his musical output; as a means of making unheard sounds and music that resists being forced into any exact mould or genre. It is perhaps rather ftting then that within a year his acoustic solo project had blossomed into a full band and a full-length album: 2016’s haunting post-punk, kraut-blues debut House Cricks and Other Excuses to Get Out.
1. Father Fiction
2. Doctor Green
3. Fear Is Here
4. A Blackout
5. Bloody Me
6. Small Dark Voices
7. HELP!
8. Bloody Me (Solo)