Not Close For Comfort, by Jordan Holtz

Not Close For Comfort

by Jordan Holtz

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Cassette + Digital Album
Not Close For Comfort on dark yellow cassette tape, pressed lovingly by the good folks at National Audio Company in Springfield, Missouri.

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1.	When I'm Around 02:27
2.	Blinders 03:43
3.	Sweaty at Palm Beach 04:06
4.	Call It! 04:22	buy track
5.	Reasons 04:20

about

Not Close For Comfort is the debut solo EP from Seacoast NH bassist and singer-songwriter Jordan Holtz (Rick Rude, Footings, Sponge Head). The album was written and recorded over the last five years between a barn in the woods of New Hampshire and an island off the coast of Maine.

Its songs are built from the bottom up, with spare electric bass accompaniment building up to richly layered tapestries of immersive sound, featuring contributions by Ryan Harrison (Rick Rude, Black Norse), Ty Ueda (Mount Misery), and Peter McLaughlin (Dead Gowns, Little Wings). Contemplative vocals and unhurried tempos help deliver messages of loss, love, and the inner workings of an overthought brain.

The EP’s title would suggest a want for disconnection, but its lyrics speak to another reading. It’s an explanation of absence and a want for connection, even if through great struggle and discomfort. It’s an open invitation to vulnerability, to share in what ails us, and perhaps to find peace once we arrive there together.

credits

released February 3, 2023

All songs written by Jordan Holtz

Jordan Holtz - vocals, bass, guitar, synth
Ryan Harrison - drums on tracks 2 and 3
Peter McLaughlin - drums on track 5
Ty Ueda - piano on track 1, guitar on track 5

recorded by Ty Ueda at Mount Misery
mixed by Peter McLaughlin at The Broken Toy Store
mastered by Caleb Mulkerin

artwork by Cassie Brazeau
design by Ryan Harrison
photo by Michael Winters

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