Singer-songwriter and classically trained guitarist JBM (Jesse Brian Marchant) grew up in the Adirondacks and Montreal but recently found himself living in and growing weary of L.A. His retreat from that scene resulted in the production of his debut Not Even in July, a beautiful album crafted in his childhood home in the mountains and recorded in a church. The ten tracks are lyrically bittersweet but sonically optimistic, with ethereal piano and string accompaniments alongside the ever present acoustic six-string. From a rumination on a friend’s death (“July on the Sound”) to the sweeping “Going Back Home”, Not Even in July is a stunning, intelligent, and well crafted album. – Written by JFelton
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