Drunk Dial (2024)
It seems very odd to me that the last Gentleman Jesse full length is already more that two years old. And I know I have mentioned this before, but as I get older, my perception of time is completely whacked out. But regardless, it's been a minute since we last heard from Jesse and I was happy to see that he was taking part in the Drunk Dial 7" series.
Gentleman Jesse's entry into this club is a two song 7", the first 100 of which were pressed on sky blue vinyl. Those went pretty quick, but I was able to snag one before they sold out. The black vinyl version is still out there though.
I was kind of disappointed in the last Gentleman Jesse release. The songs all felt slow to me and in a lot of instances, kind of downer at times. They were well written, well performed songs, but they didn't capture that upbeat, poppy Jesse energy that I had been used to from his prior releases. This 7" is pretty similar to me. The A side, "Where Time Stands Still," is an original and while it is a bit more uptempo than a lot of the songs on his last album, there is still a strain of melancholy here that I'm still getting used to.
On the B side is a cover song called "Return of the Mack" which is a mid 90s R&B song that I had not ever heard of prior to Jesse's cover. This one is definitely on the slower side of things and honestly, it doesn't really do a whole lot for me. Maybe it's more clever if you know the original, but for an uncultured heathen like me, it just sounds like a slow song where there isn't a lot going on that connects with me. Still, Gentleman Jesse has built up more than enough goodwill with me over the years that will make me keep buying his records. I'm just the type that likes the faster, poppier side of his catalog a bit more.
Gentleman Jesse - Where Time Stands Still 7":
https://drunkdialrecords.bandcamp.com/album/drunk-dial-12-gentleman-jesse
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