Jamin Bradley

My 30-minute Album (EP?), “Holy Ruckus,” has been submitted to streaming services and is due out this Friday! I typically write slow songs with deep theological lyrics, so I made my goal for this album to create upbeat songs. This presented a challenge because I didn’t want to write the kind of Christian cheese I despise, and my upbeat songs usually end up being funny instead of serious. I tried to make the best of this dynamic by embracing humor and channeling all the playfulness I could into these tracks. A bunch of my friends decided to embrace the humor with me and joined the tracks. I was so happy with the end result! Presave the album to your Spotify and come hear it live in person by getting your tickets for Jackson Underground this Friday!

1. HOLY RUCKUS

I can’t decide if this song is classic rock, blues, or surf rock. I think the answer is, “Yes.” Internally, I call this track, “a song about my Facebook posts.” It reflects on the many dynamics that the prophets in the Bible had to go through to get a message of justice and love out there. I recorded this track last while under a lot of exhaustion, which caused me to experiment with the ridiculous falsetto screaming of classic rockers. I determined that whoever created this ridiculous way of singing must have also been exhausted because it’s the only way such singing makes sense.

2. NOT GONNA BRING ME DOWN (Feat. Amity Grace)

I grew up on Motown, and I have always wanted to write in this genre, but I’ve never had the skill necessary to pull it off. I gave it a shot anyway, and a few people told me the melody had been stuck in their head ever since. After I hired a guy to play saxophone on the track, I fell in love with the song. We also discovered that my friend Amity could crank up the grunge on her voice, so I forced her to sing the one verse in the song that she hated because I used the phrase, “freshly buttered biscuit.” I think she’s come around to it… maybe.

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Freshly buttered biscuits with @Amity Grace y’all. Stream the track or hear it in concert on August 1st! Grab tickets at jacksonunderground.com

♬ original sound – Jamin Bradley

3. HIP HOP APOCALYPSE

I fell in love with the golden age of hip-hop music by playing way too much NBA Street: Vol 2 in high school. I pulled out an old school beat to see if I could capture that sound, and the whole project went off the rails immediately. The lyrics tried to grasp what it’s like to live in the cycle of the beast in Revelation, which is present in every society. The verses sounded dark and epic, which I immediately offset with a ridiculous-sounding chorus that vibed off the feeling of Biz Markie’s “Just a Friend.” The sound was hilarious and I loved it, but I decided to change the chorus to something that felt a little more Twenty One Pilots instead.

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Musical genre is all about how you wear your hat and how you walk.

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^This video features the lost chorus

4. CREATION SONG (Feat. Janae Burchett)

I wrote this song on a long car ride through Scotland while staring at the most beautiful scenery you can imagine. The lyrics get into a bunch of the beautiful myths of how God created the world. One stanza reflects on the classic Genesis account; another on the Psalm’s account of God slaying monsters and using their corpses to make the world; another on Aslan singing Narnia into existence; and another on Eru Iluvatar singing Middle Earth into existence while Melkor tried to sing a different tune over creation. This Celtic folk song was in desperate need of some violin, and Janae came to my rescue. Not only that, but she also offered the buttery goodness of her voice to the track, making it a fun song that bounces back and forth between us all the way through!

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Another jam off my new EP, Holy Ruckus. Stream it Friday morning, hear it in concert Friday night at our event, Jackson Underground!

♬ original sound – Jamin Bradley

5. SALTY AND LIGHTY (Feat. Alyssa Baldermann)

I feared that if Alyssa listened to the lyrics of this song ahead of time, she might not have been willing to sing on the track. The teachings of the Sermon on the Mount have probably never been expressed quite like they were in this song. Fortunately, that didn’t keep Alyssa away, and I was able to capture her smooth voice and crazy vocal range on this funky little jam. It wasn’t supposed to be a funky jam, but after I rehired my saxophone player again, I ditched the original rock feel I was going for.

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Me: I dunno if I like this song I wrote. Wanna record on it? Alyssa: Sure. Me: Okay, now I really like it.

♬ original sound – Jamin Bradley

6. STILL WATERS (Feat. JaiBird)

I wrote this song in the shower one night while convincing myself that I could hit impossible notes on the chorus. I showed it to the church band the next morning, thinking they’d all mock me, but instead, they were into it. You could argue it’s a slower song, but it’s still got that Motown step-snap-step-snap feel. I asked Jaimie if she could add her bluesy voice to it, and an hour later, she texted me a verse she wrote for it and a sample of what it would sound like. I still can’t figure out some of the vocal riffs she came up with throughout the song. My voice can’t do that.

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Wrote a new song and Jaimie wrote and recorded some parts for it! Come hear it for yourself next week at Jackson Underground for our Triple Album Release Concert! Learn more at jacksonunderground.com

♬ original sound – Jamin Bradley

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I can’t wait to share these recordings with you Friday morning and the performance of them later that night at Jackson Underground | Triple Album Release Concert – Amity Grace, Jai Bird & Jamin Bradley. Tickets are still available for the event, and we can’t wait to see you!