Many songwriters have unveiled their “pandemic albums” over the past few years and most of them carry the weight of isolation and yearning through soft quiet spaces away from society. When Tokyo-based songwriter Jay Holmes got sick, he bashed out nine tracks of heavy hefty songs that relied on a deep inner sense of musical drive and a wicked balance of both sincerity and a sick sense of humour.
Back To The Whip was meant to be a “one and done” kind of a raw slam punch to the guts; but once he got a few friends on board to help out, things began shaping up into a more refined type of beast with multiple layers that slowly began to expose themselves with each repeated listen. See for yourself with our video premiere, ‘Esoteric Lover’ below…
Back To The Whip is FVRMN‘s fourth studio album (and the first under their new moniker as it was previously Fever Moon) and features a wide-ranging line up including:
Mike Watt (Minutemen, The Stooges, fIREHOSE)
Chris Broach (Braid)
Christian Madden (The Liam Gallagher Band)
Motoharu Fukada (ex-member of Japan’s wildly popular Soil & “Pimp” Sessions)
The album was mixed by Dan Konapka (OK GO)
And mastered at Chicago Mastering Service by Matthew Barnhart
Back To The Whip was released on May 24 and can be streamed and purchased here on Bandcamp
