The Bones of J.R. Jones has recently announced the upcoming release of his first full-length album in more than five years. Slow Lightning, will be dropped on October 13th, and to hold fans over, the announcement comes paired with the release of the album’s debut single “Heaven Help Me.” The New York-based artist, Jonathon Linaberry, won’t stop there, however, as he has also announced a US and European tour to begin in August.
Linaberry first launched the one-man band in 2012 with his track “Wilderness.” Since then, he has worked to expand his blues, folk, and country sound through his talent as a songwriter, storyteller, visual artist, performer, and musician which can easily be seen through his new music and hoped for with the anticipated album. Slow Lightning will feature a total of 12 tracks produced by Linaberry’s frequent collaborator Kiyoshi Matsuyama and will deal with the sensations of doubt and desire in the face of nature and fate. The title, Slow Lightning, as well as the track themes were inspired by the difficulty of its creation. Linaberry claims he was at the hands and power of the music and his surroundings rather than the other way around.
“I felt very lost at the time I was writing these songs,” Linaberry confesses. “It was a moment of deep crisis and anxiety, but I knew the only way out was through, which meant I just had to bring myself to the table every day and put in the work.”
His latest single, “Heaven Help Me,” was created with the intention of constant movement both in rhythm and sound while the lyrics became a mode of expressing the relentlessness and overwhelming quality of the ups and downs of life. Throughout the song, both sound and lyrics work with one another to create an eerie and anxiety building record as Linaberry calls out through a distorted echo, “All my love pouring out of my eyes is drowning me tonight.” He hopes to reach his audience by conveying a shared desire for release which the song delivers at the very end after a constant build of instrumentals and layered voices gives in to wide open space. The Bones of J.R. Jones will take this debut single out on tour in the fall which will include an exclusive album release show in his home state of New York at Mercury Lounge on October 13th.
“Heaven Help Me” is now available on all music streaming services with tickets for Linaberry’s tour going on sale on Friday, June 23rd. As for the highly anticipated album, Slow Lightning will be released via Tone Tree Music!
The Bones of J.R. Jones 2023 Tour
September 2 – Fairmont, WV – Palatine Park
September 7 – Buffalo, NY – Ninth Ward
September 8 – Pittsburgh, PA – Club Cafe
September 9 – Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop
September 10 – Ann Arbor, MI – The Ark
September 12 – Indianapolis, IN – Hi-Fi
September 13 – Chicago, IL – Schubas
September 14 – Columbus, OH– Basement
September 15 – Syracuse, NY – Funk N’ Waffles
September 16 – Windham, NY – Cave Mountain Catskills Festival
October 12 – Washington, DC – DC9
October 13 – New York, NY – Mercury Lounge
October 14 – Woodstock, NY – Levon Helm Studios
October 16 – Richmond, VA – Camel
October 17 – Charlottesville, VA – The Southern Cafe and Music Hall
October 18 – Raleigh, NC – The Pour House Music Hall & Record Shop
October 19 – Charlotte, NC – Evening Muse
October 20 – Decatur, GA – Eddie’s Attic
October 21 – Nashville, TN – The Basement
November 8 – Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso
November 9 – Luxembourg, LUX – Gudde Wellen
November 10 – Paris, FR – No.Pi
November 11 – London, UK – Omeara
November 14 – Cologne, DE – Jaki
November 15 – Hamburg, DE – Uebel & Gefährlich
November 16 – Berlin, DE – Kantine Berghain
November 17 – Leipzig, DE – Naumanns
November 18 – Frankfurt, DE – Brotfabrik
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