25 March 2022 - 0 Comments

For JP, music is an ache to soothe, and an itch to scratch. JP’s drive to create a breadth and depth of oeuvre has led him to become a student of music recording and production techniques, as well as general industry knowledge, to allow his work to reach as many willing ears as possible.

JP’s production skills have earned him top 40 NZ Rock chart placements, as well as being anointed as ‘one to watch’ by the NZ Official Music Charts. The ultimate goal for JP is to be able to live sustainably from creating music, and Arrays serves as one such avenue to pursue this outcome.

The incumbent third album, Patience Way, continues to expand the borders of the project's musicality, with instants of delicate intimacy featuring on the same spectrum as some genuinely heavy moments.

The record is angst-ridden, thanks in no small part to the uncertainty we have all been subjected to, as a result of the ongoing COVID pandemic. JP’s rock and metal influences catalyse and boil over into some fierce expressions of rage throughout.

Released today, the first single Obsidian Oceans is a sojourn in the shadow side of relationships, when all is at sea. Listen Here.

Second single Forget Fast explores the desperation of recovering from the dumpster fire that was 2020, only to be thrust into the same tumult in 2021 and beyond.

"...There are a handful of talented multi instrumental musicians who have the ability to strip everything back to just themselves and their imagination. JP Carroll is one such talent. He is also a master of the killer riff." - Paul Goddard, Muzic.net.nz

"... Carroll has really found and honed his sound (on album Light Years) and delivered a strong package of modern rock tracks that offer introspective and relatable lyrics backed with creative musical landscapes, embraced with aspects of modern metal and rock and becoming their own." - Kris Raven, Muzic.net.nz

"…Each (song) is strong, with wonderfully layered vocals and arrangements, loads of riffs and aggression being tempered but never fully going away." - Kev Rowland, House of Prog

"...Delivering plenty of personality, inspiring ideas as much so as heavy, immersive musicianship, ARRAYS leads with confidence, quality, and unapologetic passion united." - Rebecca Cullen, Stereo Stickman

"Arrays’ new album 'Light Years'... represents an amalgam of heavy guitar riffs intertwined with metal-infused fills, all put together by an incredible passionate independent musician." - Radu Mihai, Rock Monsters Romania

JP’s former band (Armed In Advance) had the honor of supporting Drowning Pool, P.O.D and Skillet on New Zealand soil. JP also currently fronts Auckland hard rock band Swerve City.

Listen to Obsidian Oceans here

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