Our new album, ‘Words On Waves’, is now available exclusively through Amazon.com for an introductory price of $7.99 (or 89¢ a song). iTunes and other outlets will follow in April and we’ll be getting hard copies in about a week.
Not much more to say but ‘go get it!’ Come back here and let us know what you think…
First of all, if you haven’t been keeping up with my Studio Diary (found to your right), then you’re not really in the know now, are you? Give it a skim and it’ll catch you up on what to expect from the new album.
Secondly, here’s the scoop on a bunch of loose ends:
I’m really looking forward to that one.
We’re talking about hitting the road in July instead – Making our way to the east coast and back. Let’s see if we can’t make that happen.
Other than those bullets, we’ve got some new media that’s going to be happening including some video blogs, behind-the-scenes videos, music videos and appearances where you’d least expect us. We’re really excited about the rest of 2009 – You should be too.
Check out the link to the right (under Pages) for [what should be] an ongoing diary from the recording studio on the progress of the new album (tentatively titled ‘Words On Waves’). It’ll be updated more often than not, so keep checking back for updates and goodies from the studio.
Superfriend, Lauryn, posted her experiences with the band over at her Arkansas Times column Misadventures In The Dark. Check it out, leave a comment and tell her JOT sent you.
Happy Halloween week, everyone -
Our friends, David and Dino, at Brave New Network invited us to their studio a few weeks ago to shoot some footage of us performing some of our tunes. Visit www.bravenewnetwork.net/ for the opportunity to purchase exclusive MP3s and videos of ‘Hurts’, ‘The Long Walk Back’, ‘Bad For Business’ and ‘Ghost Town’.
While I (Phil) was in Brazil, on honeymoon with my new wife, I contacted local pop star and all around great guy, Tiago Iorc (pronounced ee-ork), to have lunch in Rio de Janeiro — Tiago’s new home. The four of us (including his good friend and manager, Bruno) had a great conversation surrounding music, life and the respective state of the music industry in our countries. Tiago has sent JOT a bunch of new fans from South America with his amazing covers of ‘How Much It Hurts‘ and ‘Bad For Business‘ and we feel compelled to send this talented new artist some international attention that he richly deserves.
Head over to www.myspace.com/tiagoiorc and www.tiagoiorc.com for some great music. Make sure you check out ‘Nothing But A Song’ and ‘No One There’!
This past Saturday and Sunday will go down in history as Just Off Turner’s ‘Long Weekend’. Bryan, Eric, Stephen and I sequestered ourselves in our rehearsal space to finish (as much as possible) the songs that will make up our new album (possibly titled [you heard it here first] ‘Words On Waves’). From 10am until nearly 9pm each night we sorted through each song that we’ve been working on, detailing each part in order to hit the studio in October. Here’s a list of the songs that we have slated for inclusion on the new record:
There’s fifteen songs right there that will probably be whittled down to twelve or so… Obviously, many of the songs remain untitled but need to be identified somehow. We recorded much of the two days on our handheld, Olympus LS-10 recorder (highly recommended), videotaped a couple of things and shot some pictures — All of which might find their way to you some day soon. A teaser, of sorts…
Otherwise, we’re looking to debuting some of the songs at the next couple of gigs in Los Angeles and Phoenix – Laying low while we get in the studio and hoping for a early winter release.
We can’t wait to lay these tunes on you.
Sorry this is a week late – We’ve been busy… Like you wouldn’t believe.
The first set of pics are from the Festival itself – The second are driving down the Pacific Coast Highway on the way to Big Sur to drop Stephen off for a bachelor party and then back to Los Angeles. Special thanks go to Lyndsay and Susanna (pictured) for coming down from San Francisco to see us!
Detour in Big Sur – Chairs in the river
Man, what a fun night. The trip, as usual, was arduous – If you’ve ever driven I-5 from LA to SF you know that’s it’s a lot of nothing for three hundred some miles… Lot’s of time to talk, laugh, play Cube Runner on my iPhone, ruminate, sing, laugh… Laugh.
Some pics from inside the van:
We found ourselves pulling up to Grant & Green about 7pm, double parking and unloading. Ran the sound ourselves and only had three mics for the three vocals and drum set. A lot of 80s-style mic sharing when Stephen and Phil harmonies came around… Serious fun.
The crowd was very warm and receptive, the staff was cool and collected and my white shirt was see-through by the end of our set. Such a warm stage for such a cool night… Thanks go out to all the awesome people that moved and grooved and met us after the show.
The aftershow party brought pizza, drinks and the awesome Little Italy/Chinatown atmosphere. I bought a melodica at a cool, little music store just around the corner from G&G and we closed a couple of bars… All to wake up the next morning to try and find a breakfast joint that didn’t just serve bagels and coffee. Rico’s famous burritos did the trick but, on the way, we passed some very impressive grafitti and I couldn’t resist snapping some iPhone pics:
Some pics from the top of Lombard Street:
And, on the way back to Los Angeles, our blown tire experience:
Awesome, awesome trip. We’ll be back upstate soon…
You gotta love the internet. Below are some YouTube videos that have mashed up JOT songs with video – Links only ‘cuz WordPress won’t allow video embedding…
English emo boy sunset montage to ‘How Much It Hurts’
American emo boy nighttime montage to ‘How Much It Hurts’
An Uzumaki Naruto (anime) Tribute- ‘How Much It Hurts’
Days Of Our Lives montage to ‘How Much It Hurts’
House (House & Cameron) montage set to ‘How Much It Hurts’
…well, at least it’s not ‘How Much It Hurts’ again:
Lost: Kate & Jack set to ‘The Long Walk Back’
And some cover version videos of our tunes:
Guitar and drum, rock version of ‘How Much It Hurts’
Australian Idol’s Tom Jordan’s version of ‘How Much It Hurts’ (1)
Australian Idol’s Tom Jordan’s version of ‘How Much It Hurts’ (2)
Ashlee Barerra & Chris Bun’s version of ‘How Much It Hurts’
