Ego Jingles by Gabriel Hart

Recorded long before the plague was just a twinkle in our eyes, "Ego Jingles" is the first proper solo album by Jail Weddings frontman/author Gabriel Hart. His quietest audio effort to date, "Ego Jingles" is an avant-folk art-damaged test of nuance, a challenge to our sensitivity — often tender, occasionally antagonistic, sometimes cringe, yet altogether difficult to ignore or dismiss. Equal parts internal Seppuku and exterior dread, "Ego Jingles" is not without moments of existential comedy, as punctuated by his album-closing cover of Weird Al Yankovic's "One More Minute" as a band-aid — but after that, you're on your own.

Hart's guitar/vocals are accompanied by Julie Carpenter (Less Bells, Jail Weddings) on violin/viola/cello as well as Dain Luscombe (Less Bells) with additional instrumentation/production.

Recorded/mixed/mastered by Pat Kearns (Exploding Hearts, Blue Skies for Black Hearts) at his solar-powered Goat Mountain Studios in Landers, CA.

Cover photography by Austin Arthur Hart/art design by Reuben Kaiban.

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