▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▒░ ░▒▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▓██▒░ ▄▄ ▓██▒░ ▓██▓ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▓██▓ ▒▓█████▌ ▐▓█████▓ ░███▌ ▒▓█▓ ░███▌ ░███▌ ▒▓█████▌ ▄▄▄▓███░ ▐███ ▓██▓ ▓███▀███▌ ▓███ ▀▀ ▓███ ▓███ hX! ▐███ ▓██▓ ▐███▀▓███▓ ▓███▄▓██▌ ▓██▓ ▐███▒▓█████▓ ░▒██▄▓█████▓ ▓██▓ ▓███▄▓██▌ ▓██▓ ███▓ ▓███▀▀▀▄▄▄▒██▓ ▓██▓▒██▓ ▄▄▄▐██▓▒██▓ ▄▄▄▒██▓ ▄▄▄▓███▀▀▀▄▄▄▐██▓ ███▒ ▓███░ ▓██▓░███░ ▓███░██▓ ▓██▓▓██▓░██▓ ▓██▓░██▓ ▓██▓▒███░ ▓██▓▓██▓ ▓██░ ▐███▒ ▓██▓ ███▌ ▓███ ▓██░ ▓██▓▓██▓ ▓██░ ▓██▓ ▓██░ ▓██▓▐███▒ ▓██▓▓██▓ ░██▓ ▀███▒▓██▌ ▐██▓ ▓██▀ ▀██▒▓██▌▓██▀ ▀██▒▓██▌ ▀██▒▓██▌ ▀███▒▓██▌▐██▓▒██▀ ▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ░▒▓▓████████▓▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▓████████▓▓▒░ ░▒▓▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▓▓█████████████████████▓▓▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▓▒░ ▒▓ ▓▒ ▒ release information for : ▒ ░ J_Fernandez-Occasional_Din-WEB-2018-ENTiTLED ░ ░ ░ artist.....: J Fernandez title......: Occasional Din label......: Joyful Noise Recordings genre......: Rock rip date...: 2018-11-08 retail date: 2018-11-09 runtime....: 31:48 tracks.....: 10 size.......: 73.81MB quality....: 320kbps 44.1kHz codec......: MP3 (MPEG-2 Audio Layer III) encoder....: LAME url........: play.google.com ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ░▒▓▓████████▓▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▓████████▓▓▒░ ░▒▓▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▓▓█████████████████████▓▓▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▓▒░ ▒▓ ▓▒ ▒ track list ▒ ░ ░ ░ 01. Common Sense 02:51 ░ ░ 02. Unwind 02:30 ░ ░ 03. Volcanic Winter 03:23 ░ ░ 04. Don't Need Anything 03:03 ░ ░ 05. Wildfire 04:58 ░ ░ 06. Expressive Machine 03:49 ░ ░ 07. Rewards 03:54 ░ ░ 08. Assorted Balloons 01:03 ░ ░ 09. Method Acting 03:09 ░ ░ 10. Light Years 03:08 ░ ░ ░ ░ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ░▒▓▓████████▓▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▓████████▓▓▒░ ░▒▓▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▓▓█████████████████████▓▓▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▓▒░ ▒▓ ▓▒ ▒ release notes ▒ ░ ░ ░ ░ There is strange dissonance resonating in the Chicago-based musician J Fernandez. You might also find it strangely familiar. While his tunes catch you with their impeccable hooks, hypnotic grooves, warm tones, and crafty structures there lies subtle darkness in these songs. Whether it comes from the woozy combo organs fighting frequencies or the bummer lyrics that leave you feeling hollow, Fernandez is grasping for something real. While "nostalgia" is a comfortable word to describe these tunes, not all pop music has to fall into that blase carefree zone. In fact, that might undermine not only Fernandez's craft but also the amount of painfully, self-conscious awareness that makes his compositions so reflective and true. They are personal tunes but ones crafted so well as to ring in our collective unconscious, instantly begging the question Where have I heard this before? ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ░▒▓▓████████▓▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▓████████▓▓▒░ ░▒▓▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▓▓█████████████████████▓▓▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▓▒░ ▒▓ ▓▒ ▒ greetings ▒ ░ ░ ░ Shout out to all of those who keep the dream of the scene alive. ░ Special thanks to those who have paved the way and parted. We miss you!