![]() Follow up single "Seabra" is a breezy and romantic, mid-tempo ballad, calling back to Philly soul acts like Teddy Pendergrass or Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, but infused with a sweet Brazilian samba rhythm, à la Astrud Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim. With its infectious, ebullient hook and jaunty flute, lead single “Somebody's Watching You” might seem like a sweet paean to longing, to desire-but it's also an ode to looking in its many forms, to the interplay of gazes online and in real life, to observing, being observed, and performing for the eyes of others. As the plot thins and thickens, we’re treated to the sound we’ve come to love, along with a few new card tricks brought to the table. Each tune is a vignette, where the fellas get deep into character, to deliver essential parts of the story. With Cruiserweight, The Jack Moves take a cinematic approach to song making. Still dripping with hard soul, but not quite as obvious to categorize… To further connect with an unusual cast of characters, and translate their passion and mysticism into song. How it’s become like an alternate dimension, somewhat stuck in the past, but simultaneously far off into the future. To examine what distinguishes a city like Newark and a state like New Jersey from any other. Since that last outing, which included two cross-country road tours in 2019, Zee Desmondes and Teddy Powell have collected the experiences from their previous travels, and brought them back to home soil, where they would inevitably get deeper into their Jersey roots. Legendary producer/arranger Paul Kyser dubbed The Jack Moves “the baddest band in New York City," and they sound every bit of it on their third full length LP Cruiserweight. ![]() Still cruising, but now it's for a bruising. ![]() This go-round, they’re coming out swinging, not too cute for a scuffle. Once again it’s on… after a stint stuck in solitude, The Jack Moves are back in the ring. ![]() The seaside soul meets skate-punk funk narrative was artfully carried forward on the band's sophomore offering Free Money, which was named one of 2018's best albums of the year by KCRW. Across their self-titled debut effort, Newark, NJ based duo The Jack Moves captured the duality of the city’s existence, from the crummy and rude glory hole bandits of Penn Station to cherry blossom park lovers north of the city. ![]()
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