Premiere: C. M. Jones Shares New Monitor “Hurry Up and Lose”

Debut EP Hurry Up and Lose is Out October twenty seventh

Oct 26, 2023

By Caleb Campbell

Images by Seth F. Johnson

Tomorrow, Atlanta-based indie folks singer/songwriter C. M. Jones is ready to share his debut EP, Hurry Up and Lose. After reducing his enamel in a string of dream pop and alt nation acts, Jones started in a brand new route together with his solo work, writing sparse, honest, and plaintive indie folks. Like most folks singer/songwriters, Jones’ songwriting attracts energy from intimacy, tracing minimalist acoustic textures with a deft and poetic lyrical contact. But, Hurry Up and Lose additionally finds Jones utilizing that house to bolster his vocals with resonant preparations filled with strings, woodwinds, and brass.

As we speak, forward of the EP’s full launch, Jones is sharing an early hearken to the EP’s title observe, “Hurry Up and Lose,” premiering with Beneath the Radar.

“Hurry Up and Lose” is a delicate and considerate effort, coloured primarily by downtempo acoustic fingerpicking and wistful string preparations. Collectively, these parts create a wealthy distinction of tones, with Jones’ moody baritone vocals and meditative guitar work forming the observe’s foundations whereas the strings deliver bursts of vibrant coloration into the combination. The outcomes are each intimate and shifting, filling the observe with magnetic confession and sweeping emotion. In the meantime, the lyrics discover Jones meditating on the longer term, portray a portrait filled with equal elements heat and longing: “Watching my child placed on her make-up / Getting all dolled up / Like there’s someplace to go / Stepping outdoors to heat the automobile up / Feeling expectations / You’ll be dissatisfied to know / I don’t have any strong plans for the longer term babe / Preserve my luggage packed / Hit the coat rack by the again door once I’m dropping babe.”

Jones says of the observe, “I wrote the EP’s title observe ‘Hurry Up and Lose’ at a time once I was feeling overwhelmed by the prospect of marrying a beautiful particular person, with out having the assets wanted to provide her a snug life. I used to be residing in Montana on the time working with youngsters at an acute psychiatric hospital. I’ve by no means been a rich man, and I don’t aspire to be, however I do have a want to make life as comfy as attainable for my accomplice. The track is written from the angle of somebody who feels undeserving of the goodness of their life. They’ve spent quite a lot of time avoiding challenges by working when issues get onerous, relieving them of the anxiousness and strain that comes with excessive expectations, on the expense of stability.”

Take a look at the track beneath. The Hurry Up and Lose EP is out on October twenty seventh.