Straight from the percussionist rythm section beheld in Dope Body, David Jacober riddles minds with his newest release on Geographic North entitled, The Gray Man. Wielding a vibraphone — paired with varying, low-lite, background tones — Jacober recorded The Gray Man in the dead of winter in his grandfather’s beach house in Ocean City, MD, enlightening listeners with a musical photograph of how that mood permeated. Like sinking into an old chair that someone else broke in, engulfing the aroma of their home and maybe a coffee stain, Geographic North did right by gripping The Gray Man by Jacober in light of ending all the summer’s treasures frozen in pulsating tones (considering the label’s Sketches of Winter series). Yet, just as one would place a conch shell to their ear in oceanic meditation, The Gray Man encapsulates those last warm, moaning days of scorching weather that one sorely misses once the ground is white, dimmed against an always overcast sky that I personally am dreading. David Jacober will sure put a smile on my face, and thanks to Geographic North, The Gray Man’s reality will continue to keep the shrill a bit toast. Scope below and GRIP WHERE YOU KNOW BEST:
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