<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Today <strong>Jack Van Cleaf</strong> announced the release of his new sophomore album, <em>JVC</em>, released May 9 via Dualtone Records. Planting its flag halfway between the worlds of indie rock and Gen Z folk, it asks big questions about identity, home, and adulthood. For Jack, it&#8217;s the culmination of a journey that began during his teenage years. </p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8220;<em>This album is all about the vertigo of growing up, It&#8217;s about re-defining and re-understanding yourself.</em>&#8221; </p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Pre-order <a href="https://5f5885ec.streak-link.com/CSv9ZxNjIwT_53bqIA9-rO2c/http%3A%2F%2Fjackvancleaf.komi.io%2F" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">HERE</a></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Today he released a new single &#8220;Rattlesnake,&#8221; a reimagination of his own viral hit featuring a new duet with friend and fan <strong><a href="https://countrymusicontour.com/zach-bryan-tour-dates/">Zach Bryan</a></strong>. It also featured every musician who had appeared on the song’s first recording, a group composed of Jack’s best friends from college. Setting up shop at Electric Lady Studios, they recorded the heart of the new production live, leaning into instinct and inspiration as Zach and Jack traded off lines in the spur of the moment while co-producer Eddie Spear captured their camaraderie. Listen to single <a href="https://5f5885ec.streak-link.com/CSv9ZxN8PERugUxqcg8jefdo/http%3A%2F%2Fjackvancleaf.komi.io%2F" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">HERE</a>. </p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Watch music video directed by Ivey Redding <a href="https://5f5885ec.streak-link.com/CSv9ZxNc3HePOvVbEQKij1pe/https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FOmkUaiZv43A%3Ffeature%3Dshared" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">HERE</a></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">On the track, Jack stated, &#8220;<em>Zach started sharing the song on social media, then eventually sent me a DM that said, &#8216;If you ever want to record a version of this with me, I’m in!'&#8221; </em>Jack remembers, adding<em> &#8220;Zach really inspired me in the studio. I was moved by his dedication to the moment and capturing something alive, rather than painstakingly pursuing perfection with endless takes.</em>”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a title="Zach Bryan" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSZBryan/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fzach-bryan-tickets%2F">Zach Bryan</a> stated on Instagram, “<em>To become the best of friends with people through music in the city. Think that may be the point of all this. Jack &; me re-recorded one of the best written songs of all time (jack is a genius) and hope u guys listen to it.</em>”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Jack also announced an album release show on May 8 at The Blue Room in Nashville, TN, with support from Emma Ogier. Tickets on sale now. For more information and tickets <a href="https://5f5885ec.streak-link.com/CSv9ZxRxceWnpJFfsQwwLq9c/https%3A%2F%2Flink.dice.fm%2Ffc018df54804" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">HERE</a></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Years after penning his first song as a high school freshman in San Diego, Jack headed east to Nashville, where he studied songwriting at Belmont University and released his debut album, <em>Fruit from the Trees</em>, after graduation. Jack experienced unprecedented early industry debut album buzz, drawing the attention of the likes of Noah Kahan, opening for him on Jack&#8217;s first ever major US tour, as well as touring with artists from Briston Maroney to Madi Diaz. When his single “Rattlesnake” landed him a spot on Spotify&#8217;s 2024 Best New Artist List with tastemaker playlist &#8220;juniper,&#8221; it drew over 13 million streams, and one fan in particular, <a title="Zach Bryan" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSZBryan/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fzach-bryan-tickets%2F">Zach Bryan</a>, became a major champion of Jack, covering the track on his social media. ;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This unexpected success induced an intense period of self doubt in Jack, &#8220;<em>I was shell-shocked,&#8221; he remembers. &#8220;I&#8217;d spent my whole life being told what to do every single day, and I always dreamed about growing up to be my own boss. Then graduation came, and I got what I wanted… but I realized I had no idea how to function on a day-to-day basis.</em>&#8220;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">He regrouped and retreated to his songwriting, and found solace in creating music in far-flung locations like Joshua Tree and the Texas/Mexico border, where he and producer Alberto Sewald (Katy Kirby, Sierra Hull) created this remarkable body of work. Those geographic choices were deliberate, their landscapes evoking the spiritual barrenness of Jack&#8217;s lyrics. &#8220;I felt like I was staring into an emotional desert when I wrote these songs, experiencing this feeling of desolation around me and looking for little signs of life,&#8221; he explains. ;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">JVC TRACKLIST ;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Life<br>Off to the Races<br>Piñata <br>Still<br>Rattlesnake (feat. <a title="Zach Bryan" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSZBryan/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fzach-bryan-tickets%2F">Zach Bryan</a>)<br>Using You <br>Go Home, Danny<br>Shouldn’t Have Gone to L.A.<br>Thinkin’ About It <br>Green<br>Teenage Vampire (feat. Gatlin)<br>Smoker<br>Hikikomori<br>Couch Potato </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Alongside all star collaborations with established stars like <a title="Zach Bryan" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSZBryan/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fzach-bryan-tickets%2F">Zach Bryan</a> and Gatlin — who features on seize-the-day anthem &#8220;Teenage Vampire&#8221; — the album also features his closest friends, Austin Burns, Ethan Fortenberry, Hunt Pennington, Adam Carpenter, Nathan Cimino, and Aaron Krak &#8211; plus Annika Bennett and Heaven Schmitt (aka Grumpy) who contribute background vocals &#8211; whom he met during his time at Belmont University and remain part of his closest creative circle. ;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Previous Jack’s confessional and cathartic folk songs have garnered comparison to sparse verses of Nathaniel Rateliff and Gregory Alan Isakov and the directness of Kris Kristofferson and Leonard Cohen. On <em>JVC</em>, Jack takes another approach, focusing on blurring the dividing lines between acoustic singer-songwriter and electrified indie music. The result is an expansive sound, sparse one minute and grungy the next, dreamt up by an artist who&#8217;s never been afraid to write songs that shine a light on his own challenges. ;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A sharply-written record that measures the long, winding road from past to present, deftly capturing the vertigo of early adulthood, drawing on his own struggles with his post-college success and disorientation that followed. ; Songs like &#8220;Green&#8221; is a climate-conscious song whose indie rock pop hooks heighten the song&#8217;s activist bite and moody acoustic rocker &#8220;Shouldn&#8217;t Have Gone to L.A.&#8221; find Jack in transit, caught between locations without a clear anchor. His songs draw on deeply personal experiences including a constant evolving approach to religion and the emotional gravity of young adulthood to its full. ;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">With <em>JVC</em>, Jack Van Cleaf turns personal experience into something universal: a soundtrack to the years we all spend in existential free-fall, and while he finds gravity in the chaos, he has also made an album set to establish him as one of the biggest breakout singer-songwriters of his generation.</p>



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