JOCKSTRAP RELEASES NEW SINGLE 'ACID' ON WARP
LISTEN TO 'ACID' HERE
"You need to hear Jockstrap, the duo making London's brightest, weirdest pop" - DAZED
"Jockstrap will be one of those special, highly creative things that keeps on growing." - NOISEY
"hypnotic exotica" - THE GUARDIAN
Photo credit: Maxwell Granger
London based alternative pop project Jockstrap have today announced their signing to Warp for a new release due later this year and shared 'Acid', the first single on their new label home.
Jockstrap's instigators Georgia Ellery and Taylor Skye have enjoyed a remarkable 18 months since launching their 2018 debut mini-album Love Is the Key to the City and subsequently sharing its beautifully disorienting remix version Lost My Key In The ❤️ Club ❤️ in 2019.
Ellery has starred in Cornish film BAIT (which went on to win a BIFA award and won Outstanding Debut at the BAFTAs) and - alongside Cornish-Welsh artist Gwenno - performed the film's score live on 17 Jan at the BFI. Skye, on the other hand, has developed his own much-lauded solo project and remixed the sublime new album from Arizona's Injury Reserve (who Jockstrap toured with in the U.K. last year) in its entirety. Ellery has also collaborated with Underworld on their ongoing experimental project, DRIFT. Both Ellery and Skye wrote and performed on Dean Blunt's 2018 Soul On Fire mixtape (also featuring A$AP Rocky & Mica Levi) Jockstrap were also asked to collaborate and perform at Africa Express' sold-out one-off show in a circus tent in Walthamstow last year.
Speaking about 'Acid' - which was also produced by Skye and features his vocals for the first time on a Jockstrap release - Ellery said, "Acid is a track for my brother. It's expansive, vibrant and filled with love. Taylor designed this beautiful sound world: I sent him a 6/8 ballad and he sent me back this other worldly thing." Skye adds "Georgia sent me this swooning, expressive, tender piano demo and I did my best to match it. It was real fun to produce. I feel like this is the most uplifting song we've made so far - it almost has summer vibes."
Since Jockstrap's inception Ellery and Skye have set about creating the sort of intensely bubbling interest that most new bands can only dream of; Love Is the Key to the City and Lost My Key In The ❤️ Club ❤️ were praised by Loud And Quiet, Dazed ('On The Rise') Noisey ('Hit List'), DIY ('Neu'), BBC ('Newbie Tuesday'), The Quietus, The Guardian ('Future 50'), Notion, London In Stereo ('In London'), Wonderland, Music Week ('Tastemakers') See You Mate, Fred Perry, Gorilla Vs Bear, CLASH, The Line Of Best Fit, The FADER, BBC News and more. BBC Radio 6 Music, BBC Radio 1 and Apple's Beats 1 are also staunch supporters of the pair.
More new, original Jockstrap music is currently in the works and will air later in the year on Warp. In the meantime, Jockstrap will play live for the first time in 2020, with a special appearance supporting Anna Meredith at EartH, London on 5 Feb.
LISTEN TO / STREAM 'ACID'
https://jockstrap.ffm.to/acid
SEE JOCKSTRAP LIVE
5 Feb | EartH, London w/ Anna Meredith
27 - 29 Feb | by:Larm Festival, Oslo, Norway
1. Acid
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