Jack Drag Premieres New Single BLOODY NOSES

Songwriter/producer/composer John Dragonetti will release his first new album under his Jack Drag moniker in 16 years, appropriately entitled 2018, September 14 on Burger Records. A third single from the record, "Bloody Noses", premiered today via Blackbook prior to its release this Friday, September 7 - share it via Soundcloud.

Featuring vocals from 11-year-old Lucinda Linklater, Dragonetti discussing the track, stated, "The subject of the song is a badass and she isn't going to take s. But with empowerment comes introspection and feeling alone at times... thus the 'what if nobody knows?' breakdown in the song."

2018 very much captures where Dragonetti is here and now. After three acclaimed LPs with his now ex-wife Blake Hazard as The Submarines, Dragonetti focused on studio work, composing music for film & television, including scoring the upcoming comedy All About Nina, starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Common (out September 28), along with producing albums for a number of notable musicians, including Dylan Gardner, who with Aimee Mann, co-wrote first single, "Little Lies".

Featuring ten songs and produced by Dragonetti, 2018 sounds about as classic Jack Drag as any of its sweetly lo-fi predecessors. Each song is peppered with upbeat piano, horn, and string-laced melodies, though, despite their surface cheer and crisp "ba-ba-ba"s, tend to waver between anxiety and melancholic optimism-and then back to uncertainty. Sarah Martin of Belle & Sebastian joined on the tracks "Strangers" and "I Suppose" and Mike Sawitzkeof The Eels + Dispatch assisted with horn arrangements and mixing throughout.

Given everything that has changed in Dragonetti's life since he last released a pop album, it's understandable if Dragonetti would want to start fresh. But by returning to his former self, Dragonetti has a chance to find closure with2018, which explores past relationships and celebrates new ones.

"This is where I am right now and it's something I needed to do on my own. Which is sort of where I started in the first place. I think, ultimately, this is a hopeful record about moving forward. We go through these milestone relationships, new loves and experiences, growing older. It's a lot, but we get through it. It's not so much a break-up record as it is a post-break up record."

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