Jackson Roy shares new single "Johnny", gets blasted by buckets of ear blood

Roy, real name Jack Chandler, said the track "came together strangely quickly one afternoon last year. We tried it live a few days later and it’s been so fun to play ever since." He plays electric guitar, reed organ, and bouzouki, while close collaborator Oscar Browne is on bass, guitar, and BVs, Rian O'Grady handles drums, Mat Roberts cello, Rick Leigh rhodes, and Felix Mackenzie-Barrow sings additional back-up vocals.

The track is paired with a music video, directed by the Crumb Collective, that continues Roy's tradition of zany visual accompaniments. This time, he sings into a big ol' papier-mâché ear that sprays him with a lot of blood.

The EP follows Natural Cause and will be available digitally and on vinyl, paired with Natural Cause on the A-side. Chandler said “I like how the EP darts around a bit. There are some challenging feelings in there, but also a heap of growth and acceptance.”

He is due to play a full-band show at The Lexington on 6 January supporting Iona Zajac. After two sold-out London headline shows, he will mark the release of Still Life with a special spring show, with details to be announced.

Still Life was co-produced by Chandler with Dani Bennett Spragg, who also mixed Natural Cause and has worked with Cardinals, Martial Arts, Opus Kink, and mary in the junkyard.

Raised in the Birmingham area, Chandler started on saxophone before learning piano, guitar, and vocals; he later studied music technology and toured as part of a jangle pop quintet Honey Moon before launching this solo project.