JW Francis
New York based self-styled lo-fi jangle dream slacker bedroom pop artist JW Francis shares new single Dream House the title-track to forthcoming new album due 27th January via Sunday Best Recordings.
Discussing new single, “Dream House” JW explains: “Dream House is a song I wrote about missing loved ones and valuing other people above anything material. Specifically, I was missing my mom during quarantine - I lived all alone in a Brooklyn apartment for four months and I would have given anything to be with her.“
The video echoes this sentiment - created by Salvador Cresta, an Argentine artist who’s made videos for Beck and Gloria Trevi among others. It’s a nostalgic heart-string puller that features JW as a child alongside his mother, and animations of the children’s book-esque ‘Dream House’ album cover.
When JW isn’t writing songs about his own life or surreal imagery, he writes about other people – most notably around February when he writes valentines songs on his fans’ behalf. ‘Dream House’ is built around this collection of glorious tracks written for other people. JW elaborates a little on the premise:“Every year, about 6 weeks before Valentine’s Day, I make the following post on social media:
“If you send me the name of your Valentine, and the reason you love them, I’ll write a song for them on your behalf.”
That is how Dream House was born, 3 years ago. Over the past three years, I have received over 300 requests from fans to write songs for their loved ones. All of the songs on Dream House come from this project, some of them have been reworked to speak more to the artist’s life, others have remained exactly as they were first written. Ultimately, this is an album about caring for others, and the way we express it."
Released on 27th January, Dream House will be available on both cream and Green vinyl, as well as CD pre-order here.
JW FRANCIS UK INSTORE DATES
Friday 27th January - Edinburgh - Assai
Saturday 28th January - Huddersfield - Vinyl Tap
Saturday 28th January - Leeds - Jumbo
Sunday 29th January - Liverpool - Jacaranda
Monday 30th January - Nottingham - Rough Trade
Tuesday 31st January - Bristol - Rough Trade
Wednesday 1st February - London - Rough Trade
Thursday 2nd February - Letchworth - David’s
Friday 3rd February - London - Banquet
Sunday 5th February - Oxford - Truck
Monday 6th February - Portsmouth - Pie & Vinyl
Monday 6th February - Southampton - Vinilo
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