The new Faces on TV EP will be called 'Keep Me Close', it's dropping October 2. Jasper will sign your copy of the limited white vinyl edition if you preorder before the release date. We only pressed 300 copies of the first pressing. Available now from the Unday shop only. Click HERE to order your copy.
Whereas Faces on TV used to excel in sculpting sonic miniatures, these new songs are life size. The intricacies and layers are still there but the preoccupations are gone. Faces On TV never sounded this effortless. During a long tour opening for Balthazar, his set-up boiled down to the essence: himself, his synths and drum machines, guitar and a microphone. An autonomous metronome. On stage and on the road new songs emerged, live, in real-time. Jasper didn’t stand still trying, he was in motion. No analysis, just praxis. He was composed, and he went on to compose.
It may seem like a bit of a paradox, but the accessibility in fact makes them more vulnerable, and courageous. Instead of soul-stirring he shares his observations. Keep Me Close is Maekelberg’s sexual healing for socially distant times. It feels natural and organic. He is in a happy place, from which sprung a happy record - or, nearly so. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves.