The Ashenden Papers are one of the projects of Californian singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Jason Dezember. Together with some friends he recorded the eight songs that together form this Night Walk, actually a compilation of the previous four digital singles: Summer (August 2021), Fall (November 2021), Winter (March 2022) and Spring (June 2022). To be honest, I can’t immediately tell which tune belongs to which season – they all have both the twinkle of the spring sun and the color tones of autumn leaves. Jason told JanglePopHub how the tracks came about, making it sound easier that it must have actually been (about opening song Summer’s Coming On: “I wrote it during a camping trip; I was afraid I was going to forget it so kept singing it in my head all weekend until I was well tired of it”). Anyway, this is half an hour of delicious jangle pop that can be enjoyed all year round.
Night Walk is out now digitally, on CD and vinyl LP through Secret Center Records / Subjangle. Featuring Jason Dezember (vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, percussion), Leon Levy (bass), Matt Hull (drums), Ella Cross (vocals), Matt Bullimore (lead guitar on The Margins), Marie Davenport (bass and keys on The River Highway), and Rose Melberg (backing vocals on Summer’s Coming On and Little Jumpy T).
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