{"id":4055,"date":"2020-07-17T17:00:14","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T16:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/?p=4055"},"modified":"2020-07-17T15:25:45","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T14:25:45","slug":"new-music-ian-skelly-jokerman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/?p=4055","title":{"rendered":"New Music: Ian Skelly &#8211; Jokerman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;<strong>Jokerman&#8217; is the second single to be taken from Ian Skelly&#8217;s sophomore album <em>Drifter&#8217;s Skyline<\/em> which is released on 31st July through Skeleton Key Records. <em>Shindig!<\/em> Magazine love the album and are pleased to share the video for &#8216;Jokerman&#8217; below.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ian Skelly - Jokerman\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5X4d9szzO-M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A plea for salvation sung through a sunny smile, &#8216;Jokerman&#8217; promises to open the door to a bright world of Cali-influenced alt-folk, comic-strip country and fuzzy blues with hidden shades of psychedelia that don&#8217;t necessarily hit you on first listen. Calling on the <em>&#8216;<\/em>Jokerman<em>&#8216;<\/em> to provide help on a day of despair, the single reveals a fissure of vulnerability, written during a period Skelly associates with personal loss, he determinedly set out to craft a breezy, sonic antidote to what he was going through. Hitting on the formula to leave painful realities at the door.<\/p>\n<p>Skelly says: \u201cTo me, pouring your sad heart out on a song is self-indulgent. When I am feeling down, I just put on T-Rex really loud and escape. I couldn\u2019t write any sad songs when I was working on \u2018Drifters Skyline\u2019, it just had to be upbeat. Friends and family really liked \u2018Jokerman\u2019 from the start, so it seemed a good vibe. Then, when we recorded it, the entire process turned out to be great fun. It felt exciting. What should have been work in the studio turned out to be a jolly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/img.tmstor.es\/thecoral\/65202-270a1c191a86e0f055c39e0462fb1039.png\" alt=\"Buy Online Ian Skelly - Drifters Skyline\" width=\"599\" height=\"599\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Drifter&#8217;s Skyline by Ian Skelly (&#8216;One of the year&#8217;s standout LP&#8217;s so far&#8217; \u2217\u2217\u2217\u2217\u2217<em>Shindig!<\/em>\u00a0Magazine) is available to pre-order <a href=\"https:\/\/thecoral.tmstor.es\/cart\/product.php?id=65202\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4056\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4056\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4056 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/A11TQ7rCzgL._SS500_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/A11TQ7rCzgL._SS500_.jpg 500w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/A11TQ7rCzgL._SS500_-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/A11TQ7rCzgL._SS500_-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/A11TQ7rCzgL._SS500_-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/A11TQ7rCzgL._SS500_-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/A11TQ7rCzgL._SS500_-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4056\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Also recommended: Ian Skelly&#8217;s Cut From A Star, an album inspired by illness induced hallucinations, beautiful and fragile.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<span class=\"synved-social-container synved-social-container-share\"><a 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