Music News - Thomston returns with new single 'JPA989'
26 February 2021 - 0 Comments
Today Thomston shares his highly-anticipated new single JPA989. The release is the start of Thomston’s journey taking his fans from New Zealand to Los Angeles, sonically and visually exploring the brightness of new romance transforming into the dark twisted fate of a love affair that crashes and burns.
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Thomston explains, “When I wrote JPA989, it was a time in my life where I found myself yearning for youthful boredom, when a crush could become your entire world. I felt like I needed to capture that in case I forgot what it felt like. I knew right away it was track 1 of an album that explores that super visceral emotional state of young independence. The head-rush, the innocence, gradually giving way to hurt, to growth, and to finding yourself. It's also supposed to sort of symbolise the start of this journey for me that connects New Zealand with my new home, Los Angeles.”
A “New Zealand art-r&b aesthete,” (The Fader) Thomston has honed an intriguing sound of his own with inspiration from Frank Ocean and James Blake and a razor-sharp pen reminiscent of Taylor Swift and Lorde.
In 2018, his anthemic single The Heights soared to #1 on the Hot NZ Pop Chart leading to an MTV EMA nomination for Best New Zealand Artist, joining the ranks of Lorde, BENEE, Kimbra and more. The lyrics "so if I fall, it’ll be cause I jumped and if I jump it’ll be because I’m reaching the heights,” are symbolic of his steady rise to recognition. By 2019, he had been named One To Watch from the likes of Triple J in Australia to KCRW statewise as his follow-up single Acid Rain (both self-written and produced) became his most well-received release to date.
Since he emerged with his debut record Topograph as a teenager, New Zealand’s best kept secret has amassed over 150 million streams worldwide, toured in support of Broods and Billie Eilish, and received acclaim from tastemakers such The Fader, Noisey, NYLON, Pigeons & Planes and COMPLEX among others.
Thomston’s sophomore LP featuring JPA989 is set for Fall 2021.
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