Primitive Objects by Jentlemen
Reaching deeper into poetic vocals and textured sound, Jentlemen invites you into a rich, intimate darkness with their second album, Primitive Objects. Drawing from a background in poetry and influenced by Detroit and Den Haag techno/electro, Primitive Objects is a brain dance for those desiring something between dark ambient and techno-adjacent. Spoken word vocals float on top of deconstructed percussion and delicate melodies, and ask to be savored at the speed of a monologue while in deep space hypersleep.
Lyrics hone in on personal experiences with impermanence, change, and the spiritual, calling on listeners to increase their capacity not only for grief, but also for stories of how to be remembered and how to remember. An apocalyptic journey, Primitive Objects offers hope that what we lose will compost into something beautiful.
Two remixes from M Parent and Scotia bring Primitive Objects from brain dance to body dance—first, with a guttural and slithery acid experimentation of “Starting Over,” then ending with a cocktail of expansive femme acid and elegant vocals.
Tracklist
| 1. | Not Ready for Myself | 4:11 |
| 2. | Time as a Commodity | 4:51 |
| 3. | What It Wants to Be | 5:09 |
| 4. | Cosmic Background | 5:55 |
| 5. | The Only Thing I Count On | 6:03 |
| 6. | Every Rock Is a Portal | 5:56 |
| 7. | Paradise Is Ambiguity | 5:10 |
| 8. | Starting Over | 3:48 |
| 9. | Starting Over (M Parent Remix) | 5:12 |
| 10. | Not Ready for Myself (Scotia Remix) | 6:04 |
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Credits
Written by Jentlemen in New Haven, CT, 2023-2024
Mastered by Antoni Maiovvi
Cover art by Adam Parker
Photography by Amartya De
Gratitude to my partner Anthony, Squiggs, Voluminous Arts, West Rock State Park, the moon, and poets.
License
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New Haven based artist with a background in poetry and classical violin, and heavily influenced by Detroit and Den Haag techno/electro. Offering primordial soup and organic brooding outside the realm of easily categorized music.