JBM

JBM

Jesse Marchant
Background information
Origin Montreal, Canada
Genres Singer-songwriter[1]
Years active 2008-present
Labels Partisan Records[2]
Website partisanrecords.com/artists/jbm
Members
Jesse Marchant

JBM, also known as Jesse Marchant,[2] is a Canadian singer songwriter who plays acoustic guitar and sings about subjects including "personal experience and the familiarity with loss," according to Glide Magazine.[1] His music has been compared to "Bread meets America".[3] In 2011, he signed a recording contract with Brooklyn-based Partisan Records.[2][4]

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Beginnings

Marchant was born in Montreal.[5] He was classically trained in guitar from the age of seven.[6] According to one account, as a young man Marchant lived in his family's home in the Adirondack Mountains for three years, living mostly in seclusion, to realize songs that he had written earlier in Los Angeles.[6] In 2008, he recorded songs in a church studio in Hudson, New York.[5][7] Vocals were recorded in such a way as to give a "reverb-washed" sound, according to critic Brittney McKenna.[7] In an interview he emphasized the importance of songs that must "sit right" with him and feel that they "belong together" with consistent "textural elements and colors" before being recorded:[8]

“ When it is right, it’s right. -- Jesse Marchant, 2010, in Zaptown Magazine[8] ”

Marchant has toured with Nathaniel Rateliff, Rogue Wave, Avi Buffalo, and Sondre Lerche.[2][9][3] He shared the stage with other singer-songwriters such as St. Vincent, Elvis Perkins, and Swedish singer The Tallest Man on Earth.[6] His sound has been compared to that of Jim James,[9] Justin Vernon,[9] Buddy Guy,[8] Nick Drake,[8] Neil Young,[8] and M. Ward.[8]

In 2011, he lives in Brooklyn and Los Angeles[1] and in New York State near the Canadian border in Lake Clear.[5]

Reviews

Music critic Nick Gunther described JBM's music as instilling a "unique depth of emotion and feeling."[1] Brittney McKenna in American Songwriter wrote that there was a "level of peace and of stillness unique to a church" in Marchant's debut album and that his music "feels like one man’s soft, musical prayer for hope in a world that too often has too little," and she compared his style to Thom Yorke and Neil Young.[7] JBM's song "Ambitions & War" was described as a "honey-of-a-song" in Future Sounds magazine, with lyrics about a person who is losing their mind in Los Angeles.[3] Clubdistrict.com described the album as "exquisitely crafted" which feels "as weathered and wise as an old home" and which is a "mostly acoustic venture" with "atmospheric arrangements, lyrical purity and unaffected baritone."[6] Mikela Floyd in Filter Magazine described the debut album as "heartfelt compositions" reflecting "a meticulous and carefully crafted sound" from a "handcrafted talent."[9] Steven Mansmith in Slowcoustic described the album as "a fantastic album" of 2010 and noted that the video by Brody Baker accompanying JBM's song Not Even in July, with "images of strewn lawn chairs, sunsets and searching through a dark forest" was a "great video for a great song."[10]

Discography

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Nick Gunther (April 26, 2010). "BM: - Jesse Marchant Evokes The Haze of July". Glide Magazine. http://www.glidemagazine.com/articles/55863/jbm-jesse-marchant-evokes-the-haze-of-july.html. Retrieved 2011-05-19. "... singer-songwriter Jesse Marchant (a.k.a. JBM) instills a unique depth of emotion and feeling in his music. ... personal experience and the familiarity with loss in his first release, which is out now on Partisan Records." 
  2. ^ a b c d "Sondre Lerche playing City Winery, Who Tribute @ Carnegie, NJ & touring (dates) w/ JBM (who is on Partisan Records)". Brooklyn Vegan. January 27, 2010. http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2010/01/sondre_lerche_p_4.html. Retrieved 2011-05-23. "Sondre goes on tour after that with opener JBM. JBM is NYC songwriter Jesse Marchant, who's now signed to Partisan Records. ..." 
  3. ^ a b c "NEW SOUNDS: JBM "NOT EVEN IN JULY"". Future Sounds. May 26, 2010. http://futuresounds.blogspot.com/2010/05/new-sounds-jbm-not-even-in-july.html. Retrieved 2011-05-15. "Jesse Marchant ... specifically the honey-of-a-song called "Ambitions & War"..." 
  4. ^ "Partisan Records signs Paleo". indiePulse. August 1, 2010. http://www.indiepulse.net/2010/08/partisan-records-signs-paleo.html. Retrieved 2011-05-23. "Partisan Records out of Brooklyn, NY-- home to Deer Tick, JBM, Mountain Man, and more." 
  5. ^ a b c d "Not Even in July". Insound+. 2011. http://www.insound.com/Not-Even-in-July-Vinyl-LP-JBM/P/INS74102/. Retrieved 2011-05-15. "VINYL FORMAT. JBM is the music of Jesse Marchant. ... Jesse was born in Montreal, Canada ..." 
  6. ^ a b c d "JBM Unveils Cover Art & Tracklisting for "Not Even in July"". clubdistrict.com. May 26, 2010. http://clubdistrict.com/blog/633/jbm-unveils-cover-art--tracklisting-for-not-even-in-july.html. Retrieved 2011-05-15. 
  7. ^ a b c Brittney McKenna (April 14, 2010). "JBM > Not Even In July". American Songwriter. https://www.americansongwriter.com/2010/04/jbm-not-even-in-july/. Retrieved 2011-05-15. "There’s a level of peace and of stillness unique to a church..." 
  8. ^ a b c d e f Andrew Duncan (Jul 9th, 2010). "JBM – Reflections". Zaptown. http://www.zaptownmag.com/2010/07/jbm-reflections. Retrieved 2011-05-23. 
  9. ^ a b c d Mikela Floyd (April 7, 2010). "JBM, Ambitions & War". Filter Magazine. http://filtermagazine.com/index.php/media/entry/jbm_ambitions_war/. Retrieved 2011-05-23. "... heartfelt compositions ... a meticulous and carefully crafted sound ... handcrafted talent..." 
  10. ^ Steven Mansmith (2011-03-06). "JBM releases new video for "In a Different Time"". slowcoustic. http://slowcoustic.com/2011/03/06/jbm-releases-new-video-for-in-a-different-time/. Retrieved 2011-05-23. "A fantastic album from last year, JBM’s ... The video absolutely catches the overall visual images... Great video for a great song." 

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