Jawdropped Release Debut EP via Angel Tapes !
This Friday, Jawdropped — the Los Angeles rock’n’roll band helmed by Roman Zangari (vocals/guitar), Kyra Morling (vocals/tambourine), and Sean Edwards (bass) — release their debut EP, Just Fantasy, via Fire Talk Records’ emerging artists imprint Angel Tapes. Just Fantasy is music for being late to work; music for hanging with your friends at the same bar you always go to; music for thinking about moving to New York, but never leaving LA. It's a five-track outing filled front-to-back with arena-ready rock, and you can hear the whole thing today.
Jawdropped formed just under a year ago in Los Angeles, California. LA courses through Just Fantasy, and it's easy to imagine many of Jawdropped’s witticisms as overheard conversations at local haunts like Zebulon or Permanent Records. “I saw that your dad sent you money on Venmo, he said ‘Anything that’ll keep you stable!,” Morling sings on EP standout “Fantasy,” named one of Stereogum’s Best Songs of the Week. Elsewhere, Zangari sings of “vitamin deficiency, lack of sleep and ketamine,” satirizing the classic Los Angeles come-ups with celebratory melodies that burrow in the mind. The cheeky observations nuzzled in Just Fantasy eschew the high horse, and instead poke fun from across the bar. It’s a balancing act between cynicism and optimism, forever falling apart but never giving up.
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Just Fantasy is music for being late to work; music for hanging with your friends at the same bar you always go to, singing your favorite songs and drinking your favorite drinks; music for thinking about moving to New York, but never leaving LA. Recorded with little more than friendship and guitars, Just Fantasy is a five-track outing filled front-to-back with arena-ready rock. Jawdropped’s distinct take on grungy power pop is earnest and immediate, sung with a smirk on their face and fingers crossed behind their back. Anchored by friendship and a commitment to sing-along rock, Just Fantasy channels the hook-laden hits of Oasis and the amplified energy of The Get Up Kids and The Lemonheads.