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Jay Crocker Brings Co-Stars Back To Alberta


Saved By Radio recording artist from Calgary, Jay Crocker, is once again
stepping out from his studio Sea Legs, where he has been producing and
playing on some of Calgary's finest albums of the last few years, to release
his new solo album, Co-Stars. Colliding old-school pop song craft with
experimental tendencies, Crocker's sense of composition and adventure is
unleashed in full over the album's 10 quick-moving tracks. Looking past the
all-encompassing melodies and gazing deep into the sounds of Co-Stars is
like glancing into a skilled magician's bag of tricks - you'll never quite
figure out how it's all been done. At one moment pulsating and severe, while
at the next gentle and serene, the force behind Co-Stars is one grappling
with the possibilities of sound, wide eyes and blown eardrums echoing in
Calgary's sprawling beltline. Jay Crocker has now left his city and studio
behind to bring Co-Stars on a national tour but he heads back to Alberta
soon. Co-Stars was released on February 15.  

 

"Calgary producer and music magician Jay Crocker makes songs that are gnarly
and smooth, sweet and prickly, and that don't mind throwing an extra beat in
while you try to dance. Crocker treats pop music like an experimental work
in progress. If Frank Zappa were still alive, he'd be listening to this
record." Robert Everett-Green, The Globe and Mail 

"His all-analog, equally raw and refined palette ranges from electronic
gurgling to sepia-toned folk/pop to plonking electro-pop to glam rock
riffage to reverb-drenched mantras. The crude, obscure, near-ambient moments
complement the richer, fully developed songs, drawing you into Crocker's
wondrous musical world." The Montreal Mirror 8/10