![]() Their forthcoming LP White Bat is expected in 2019. Few, the band's entirely crowd-funded fifth long-player, followed in April 2017 after the band signed with Spinefarm Records. In February 2014, they dropped "Something Witchy," the first single from their next full-length, Heavy Fruit, which arrived later that August via Tragic Hero. By the end of that summer, the band had gone on an indefinite hiatus. In May 2009 the band issued the single "The Primarily Blues," in anticipation of the release of their third studio long-player It Hates You. ![]() After a two-year break, He Is Legend returned with their second full-length, Suck Out the Poison, in the fall of 2006. Shortly after, He Is Legend signed with the more established Solid State Records to release their critically acclaimed full-length debut, I Am Hollywood, later the same year. After a self-released demo, A Kiss That Killed the One We Love (No One Wins), the band signed with the small indie label Tribunal Records to release their first EP, 91025, in the summer of 2004. Singer Schuylar Croom, lead guitarist Adam Tanbouz, rhythm guitarist McKenzie Bell, bassist Matt Williams, and drummer Steven Bache cycled through a variety of band names and musical approaches before establishing themselves as He Is Legend. The band formed in 2000, as its members were graduating from high school in Wilmington, North Carolina. North Carolina rock act He Is Legend are renowned for being much of what inspires them, a cult classic. Which shouldn’t be surprising, the ever shape-shifting Jordana, already aware of some new form still yet to emerge. It sounds like a song from some future collection of ballads. ![]() Then, of course, there’s “Careless Mistake,” which updates the hushed folk of Classical Notions, increasing the fidelity and trading in her uke for a piano and a spotlight. "It’s about getting to know yourself again after seemingly wasting time investing in someone else," says Jordana. Elsewhere, on "You're In The Way," Jordana reaches back to the leathery indie pop of Something To Say To You's "Reason" & "I Guess This Is Life." It’s a song built around a simple drum loop, guitar strums and Jordana's voice. It wouldn’t sound out of place on Face The Wall, and certainly borrows from her most recent album’s logline advice of overcoming hardships. "It channels the feelings of empowerment and emotional awareness after a tough breakup," says Jordana. ![]() “SYT,” the EP’s lead single, is a soaring kiss-off from a jilted lover. And while the overall sound pulls from each of her past releases, the songs themselves remain obsessed with love and neuroses, being left and leaving, pitying yourself and learning to stop. Instead she's synthesized a little bit of everything that came before on this new six song short-player. ![]() In many ways, the magic carpet ride of touring that opened up post-pandemic hasn't allowed Jordana the time to fully change forms again. Along the way she's managed to make fans of Wallows, Local Natives & Remi Wolf, who've each taken her on the road in 2022, landing her in front of crowds that number in the thousands. It's the kind of omnivorous output the phrase something for everyone was invented for. A year later, she was veering into the dreamy haze of her TV Girl collaboration Summer's Over, before eventually giving way to the hi-gloss pop of Face The Wall. She got her start with homespun indie folk on Classical Notions of Happiness before jumping to the spindly bedroom pop of Something To Say To You. It's fair to say the 22-year-old New York songwriter has shifted shape a few times in her short career. Or more accurately: getting to know her selves. On her new EP, I'm Doing Well, Thanks For Asking, Jordana is getting to know herself again. ![]()
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