14/tobias jesso, jr./goon
tobias jesso, jr. believes in a thing called love. love between lovers, and love between friends. love for what you do, and love for what’s in store. he also believes in clarity and speaking on what he wants and what is needed. and what is needed is often that thing called love. and with his debut album goon he gets his points across poignantly and clearly, aligning himself with and looking to such greats as Randy Newman and Billy Joel to provide this emotionally rich soundtrack to the act of him placing his heart on his sleeve. two years ago he took up the piano just because, and throughout goon the instrument provides a solid base to mr. jesso’s soul bearing expositions, locked in perfectly with him as if they’ve been acquainted for years. together they bring us an album that you play and quickly realize that what you hear, what it recalls, and what it makes you feel are all things missing in your life that you didn’t even know were gone or much needed. beautiful in it’s simplicity, goon speaks to the heart by being upfront and open while playing it straight, making you believe in a thing called love too.
KEY TRACKS: Without You/Hollywood/Bad Words
15/hudson mohawke/lantern
18/grimes/art angels
19/kacey musgraves/pageant material
20/shamir/ratchet
21/drake/if you’re reading this it’s too late
22/son lux/bones
23/disclosure/caracal
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