Tobias Jesso Jr.

Tobias Jesso Jr.
Birth name Tobias MacDonald Jesso Jr.
Born 11 July 1985[1]
Origin North Vancouver, Canada
Genres Indie rock, baroque pop, alternative
Instruments Vocals, piano, bass
Years active 2014–present
Labels True Panther Sounds[2]
Website www.tobiasjessojr.com

Tobias Jesso Jr. (born July 11, 1985) is a Canadian musician from North Vancouver, British Columbia.[3] He started his career in music as bassist for the band The Sessions and eventually for former teen pop singer Melissa Cavatti. His debut album Goon was released in 2015.

Career

After living and playing bass in Los Angeles for 4 years, Jesso moved back to his home in North Vancouver.[4] He started playing a piano in his spare time while working for a moving company. It was during this period that he wrote his first piano-based song "Just A Dream." Eventually, he sent one of his demos in an email to former Girls bassist JR White.

Goon

Tobias Jesso Jr's first demo was released in August 2013, after a painful break-up and his mother's cancer diagnosis.[5] White, along with Patrick Carney of The Black Keys, John Collins of The New Pornographers, and Ariel Rechtshaid, helped produce Jesso's debut album entitled Goon. Danielle Haim plays drums on the track "Without You." His song "How Could You Babe" garnered increased attention after being tweeted about by both Adele and Alana Haim.[6] His first major tour starts in 2015.

Musical style

Jesso's music has been compared to singer/songwriters of the 1960s and 1970s from Randy Newman to Harry Nilsson and Emitt Rhodes. Even though he was a bassist and guitarist for years, his new music was written by him on the piano—an instrument he started playing at 27.

Discography

List of albums
Title Album details
Goon

Singles

References

  1. ↑ http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/tobias_jesso_jr Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  2. ↑ http://www.tobiasjessojr.com/ Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  3. ↑ http://www.thefader.com/2015/02/03/tobias-jesso-jr-is-the-cheeriest-sad-singer Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  4. ↑ http://www.windishagency.com/artists/tobias_jesso_jr Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  5. ↑ The Canadian singer's debut is a mix of Lennon-style melodies and sumptuous orchestration, nme.com,by Ben Homewood, March 2, 2015
  6. ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/feb/05/tobias-jesso-jr-since-adele-tweeted-his-song-hes-even-bigger-than-his-dad Retrieved 7 February 2015.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tobias Jesso Jr..