New Single for Amnesia Jones
After the typical post-high school band breakup and a quick stint at an audio engineering school, Amnesia Jones quit his retail gig selling guitars in Auckland, New Zealand. Ditching the rat race to move even further from civilization, settling to record his first album & release in Waihi Beach.
Building a life on wheels, including a shoebox-sized home studio, he went to work creating a self-sufficient, self-sustaining sound. Keeping everything “in-house,” contrary to the twenty man songwriter teams prevalent in these last twenty years. In typical Kiwi DIY fashion; “If you want something done right, do it yourself.”
Also contrarian, dropping an entirely independent debut album in February 2019, unknown and unannounced. Amnesia Jones hopes to break through the “haystack” of Instagram backing track artists in this digital streaming age.
Letting the music speak for itself.
A fusion of new-school meets old-school, singer-songwriter meets pseudo jam band. Bluesy, funky, jazzy, electronic, hopefully soulful, rockish music.
“Sure to get listeners up and dancing. There’s an endearing lo-fi quality simmering just below the energy and sparkle of the eleven track release. It’s warm like an old record player.” – River Tucker – Muzic.net.nz
“That song is funky, awesome! It just seems like it would be the most fun live show ever. I don’t know how many people are in the band but there are so many things going on. And it’s just a cool, groovy, funky record that just captures you, and you just ride the groove with it…” – Local Band Smokeout
“My home New Zealand is one of the most multi-cultural countries in the world! This multi-cultural song fuses my love of Funk, R&B and Afrobeat rhythm with Jazz harmony and a harder Rock edge. The upbeat syncopation of the drums and horn section are intertwined with extended jazz chord voicings and a direct pop melody. Melancholy lyrics juxtapose the danceable energetic music.” – Amnesia Jones
