Jazmine Mary – Dog (Vinyl)

After taking home theAuckland Live Best Independent Debut at the Taite Awards last year, all eyes have been on the remarkableJazmineMary.Introducing the follow-up album…Dog,a heart-destroying new batch of songs, born from understanding parts of the beauty and ugliness of the world, and a will to help their listeners to do the same. Expect the unexpected, expect hope in despair, joy in the darkness, the best in the worst, and the worst in the best.JazmineMaryis back, and we couldn’t be more thrilled.

JazmineMaryis the 2022 winner of the Auckland Live Best Independent Debut award. Recently they have opened in New Zealand forKurt Vile, Billy Bragg,Gang Of Youths, and toured the country in support ofReb Fountain.

They make music not to earn a living, but to survive, and its through their songwriting thatJazmineMaryfeels tethered to something tangible, a constant. Its the action of translating their experiences into poetic folk compositions that helps in understanding parts of the beauty and ugliness of the world, and which might help listeners do so too.

On their second album,JazmineMary,has created an unlikely space for despair and joy to cohabit. Far more than gut-punch poetry and dark truths,JazmineMaryflaunts their penchant for finding hopefulness in an oft cruel world.Your new best friend. The neighbours kind-eyed bitzer. An adolescent pup that hasnt yet learned not to bite. This album has nothing to do with dogs.

JazmineMarywont tell you what the album is about or why this album is calledDog. They could well be hiding something from us, but the more probable reason is that they are a responsible artist and knowits not for them to tell you how to experience what they already have.

Tracklist

1. Dope
2. Seagull
3. Wet Mouth
4. Rodeo
5. July
6. Getting Down
7. Salt Lake Desert
8. You Re Never Alone When You’ve Got Music
9. Only Yellow
10. Take an Orange