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Jesse Blake Rundle

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He makes sadboi songs, but he's not actually sad, most of the time 🏳️‍🌈
Producer @mixedmetaphorrecording

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Pachyderm on film with @atriumartists and a legendary crew 🌀

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FIFTY TIMES OVER - new duet with @jesserundle is out now!

Artwork by @mwaldenart
Recorded and produced by @mixedmetaphorrecording

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Well my fingers are the match
And your skin is gasoline
When it’s hot it burns out fast
Now smoke and ash is all I see

My new single “Lost Every Hand” is out everywhere on September 4th

Thanks to @jesserundle @mattfabbi @rider_soran @darth_wade.r for helping me bring it to life

I hope you like it

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FEATURED ARTIST: Jesse Blake Rundle writes sad boy songs. But he’s not actually sad, most of the time.

💾 See our pinned post for more info!

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Fidget trading gone wrong 😅

@jesserundle

#fidgettrading #jadehanna #jesserundle

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Out Of Bed -Jade Hanna

Full video on YouTube shorts🤭🫣

#jadehanna #music #smallartist

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We are still riding the high from our blissful week at @pachydermstudios - such a special group! Huge thank you to the one of a kind human that is @bradleycook for your deep wisdom, inherent generosity, and endless warmth throughout the week. Massive thank you as well to @paulvoran for your work, patience, and knowledge throughout the week.

And most of all so much gratitude to this incredible group of musicians and artists for being so willing to share their thoughts, ideas, and insane talents throughout the retreat. Can’t wait to see what comes next from this group.

As Brad would say, let’s go fuckers!

#nihls

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This is the oldest photo I could find of me and @jesserundle . We first became friends at the University of Kansas in our freshman year, then we lived in a kind of “nerd frat” as roommates our sophomore year before he transferred to New Mexico. We’ve spent countless late nights chatting about all the deeper things and also laughing about silly stuff and playing video games and pondering each era of the Wilco catalog. We’ve seen each other through some intensely difficult seasons. We have been friends now for over 20 years. My favorite thing about this record is that I made this with my brother friend and it is utterly suffused with that friendship. I think that shows up on this record in a way that it probably couldn’t in another production setting. In Jesse’s studio, I felt safe to take some big risks. On this record you will hear drum machines, screamy vocals, woodwinds, jazzy chords. And Jesse helped me pull it all together and make it feel like it belonged in one of my eras too. I’m very proud of this record. Please listen, even just once, and let me know what you think in the comments. It’s just three songs long, but it’s a whole world too. I’ll link the record in my bio, but it’s everywhere you listen. The second photo here is more recent from when we made this record. I’ll go see him soon and we’ll update you with more sappy stuff about our friendship. K bai. #newmusic #newalbum #boisesessions #coloradomusic #utahmusic

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Track 21: Holding The Man (feat. @jesserundle)

Whenever someone asks if I have a favorite song I’ve written, I tell them, “Picking a favorite song is like picking a favorite child. I might have one, but I’m never gonna tell you.” While that may be true, I WILL tell you this is the most beautiful song I’ve made so far. And… it’s the final song of the Almanac era.

I wrote it as a young, hopeful gay man longing for the kind of love I hoped existed. When it came time to record it, I knew it needed someone who understood that same yearning. Enter Jesse Blake Rundle—the greatest talent in the industry today. He transformed my wish into the perfect duet: two men reaching for a love beyond themselves, uncertain of the path ahead, but willing to hold each other through the wilds.

This is a gay cowboy song. It’s the end of the trail at the close of day. It’s the final prayer of love, offered to the partner you know will stay. And it’s the last page of the album.

Better don your boots. It’s time for one last ride.

#almanacalbum #gaycountry

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We’re riding side-by-side! “Holding The Man” comes out July 31st at midnight ET on Almanac: Footnotes

Yeehaw

#gaycountry

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Grateful for the generosity of these beautiful souls<333

Spent the last week recording in the woods of southern Minnesota @pachydermstudios with the sagest of the sage @bradleywcook

Massive thanks to @atriumartists (Chrissy, Julia, Jeremy) for curating this amazing experience. The space you held to create, explore and experiment was the perfect balance. Thank you for gathering the raddest, most talented and kind humans.

Also s/o and thanks to @9_lives_entertainment for supporting my time there🙏(Rexy my ^pj brother i love ya matey)

So ready to share this new music soon.

Big love xo
Jared

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