Jacqueline

by Jackie Lynn

Overview

A dramatic departure from her soul-searching experimental indie folk project Circuit des Yeux, Haley Fohr concocts a hazy, diamond-studded outlaw fantasy with her fictional alter ego Jackie Lynn. Continuing the story from Lynn's 2016 debut, Jacqueline is the travelogue of the co-conspirator of a multi-million-dollar cocaine business, on the run after making a hasty retreat from Chicago. Accompanied by all three members of Bitchin Bajas (Cooper Crain, Rob Frye, and Dan Quinlivan), Jacqueline shifts from the Krautrock-influenced synth pop of Jackie Lynn to more of a space disco sound, with opener "Casino Queen" sporting a strutting beat and playful sequencer blips. "Shugar Water" is closer to a glam rock shuffle, providing a gleeful soundtrack to a cross-country escape. Adding new dimensions to the Jackie Lynn sound, songs such as the cosmic country of "Dream St." feature lush string arrangements by Julie Pomerleau and Bobby Conn, while the more mystical "Short Black Dress" has celebratory horns and brain-twisting reversed guitars. Having more fun with vocal manipulations and audacious delay effects, the epic, hypnotic "Odessa" resembles a discofied Silver Apples. The shimmering, vocoder-laced "Diamond Glue" unexpectedly dips into late-night electro-funk, and while it isn't one of the album's hookiest songs, it's one of its most immersive grooves. While undoubtedly more developed and ambitious than the first Jackie Lynn record, Jacqueline still sounds like the work of an experimental side project, but it's clear that Fohr and her friends are having an awful lot of fun with this, and it's easy to get swept up in their immersive dream world. ~ Paul Simpson

Product Details

Release Date:	04/10/2020
Label:	Drag City
UPC:	0781484076841

Tracks

1. Casino Queen
2. Shugar Water
3. Dream St.
4. Short Black Dress
5. Lenexa
6. Odessa
7. Traveler's Code of Conduct
8. Diamond Glue
9. Control

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Jackie Lynn   Primary Artist
Billie Howard   Violin
Haley Fohr   Guitar,Vocals,Vocoder,Keyboards,Polysynth
Nora Barton   Cello
Rob Frye   Organ,Sampling,Omnichord,Percussion,Synthesizer,Synthesizer Bass
Ben LaMar Gay   Cornet
Daniel Quinlivan   Chords,Guitar,Hi Hat,Polysynth,Kick Horns,Synthesizer,Drum Machine,Synthesizer Drums
Johanna Brock   Violin
Macie Stewert   Violin
Tim Kaiser   Guitar
Jenny Pukse   Drum Machine
Ben Chasny   Guitar
Julie Pomerleau   Viola
Cooper Crain   Bass,Toms,Drums,Organ,Guitar,Keyboards,Polysynth,Synthesizer,Choir/Chorus,Synthesizer Bass,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Whitney Johnson   Viola
Josh Johannpeter   Drums
Tyler Damon   Drums

Technical Credits

Chris Hefner   Photography
Haley Fohr   Composer
Bobby Conn   String Engineer
Julie Pomerleau   String Arrangements
Evan Jenkins   Photography
Arnold Kasar   Mastering
Jackie Lynn   Arranger,Producer
Cooper Crain   Mixing,Engineer