The cryptic Swedish label Sincerely Yours seems to be in a giving mood lately, offering up first a video featuring a jj-assisted Avner single called “Bed för mig”, then releasing jj’s n° 2.1 which features a handful of previously unreleased tracks, now they just made available two new tracks for free download that jj made on his trip in ’08 to Malaga: “My Way” and “Let Go”.
Both are great tracks that certainly don’t feel like they should have been left on the cutting floor from the n° 2 sessions (UPDATE: “Let Go” is off their upcoming Secretly Canadian n° 3 release). “My Way” features a lengthy Lil’ Wayne interlude (courtesy of his verse off of Trina’s “Don’t Trip”) over jj’s vaporized atmospheric instrumentals. “Let Go”, on the other hand, uses no heavy-duty sampling as a crutch — serving up heavenly harp plucks to compliment their always airy vocals. Like anything jj does, there are overt drug references (“take me away like I overdosed on heroin”), however most of the track’s subject matter deals more with the need to take chances.
If you want to see the whole post, check it from Sincerely Your’s site here, or if you just want to download the tracks:
Tags: avner, jj, sincerely yours
This is awesome.
Love the picture.
I like how you write about jj’s songs. Not just link to them.
Keep it up! Love the blog.
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