May 1, 2014 (Nashville, TN) – In advance of Jacob Thomas Jr.’s debut release, Original Sin, out June 17th, Brooklyn-based music blog The Wild Honey Pie has premiered the track “Bored With You.”
“If you didn’t pay attention to the lyrics or title, you’d think “Bored with You” was a tender, intimate love song. However, you’d be very wrong — the track is essentially encouraging someone to piss off. From the very first lines, “You came here to stay/But I wish you would go way away,” the singer exorcises a tiresome, painful person from his life. Describing it as “the opposite of a love song,” Thomas says the track is about “people [who] can’t stand the idea of being boring, they have to feel ‘special’ or ‘different,’ and to those people ‘boring’ is the greatest insult.”’ -Christiana Hart (The Wild Honey Pie)
Produced by J. Alan Morant, Original Sin was recorded with engineer Teddy Morgan at Creative Artists Studio in Nashville. Original Sin also features guest vocalist Lily Costner on the pair’s rendition of Fleetwood Mac’s “Go Your Own Way,” which was premiered at American Songwriter.
Despite being Jacob’s debut release, he is no stranger to the music scene. As Sonia Leigh’s bandleader and a multi-instrumentalist with Uncle Kracker, Jacob has performed alongside notable musicians such as Eric Church, Willie Nelson, and Loretta Lynn.
Originally from Lafayette, LA, Jacob draws from his storied past which includes time spent as a church pastor where he was eventually let go when he refused to stop performing his music in local bars. “I found more sense of community in bars than I did during my time in the church. I’ve found that bars are more accepting, and in a bar you can be honest about the shit in your life.” After being fired by the church, Jacob made the move to Nashville to pursue music as a career. Overcoming divorce, time behind bars, and struggles with alcohol, Jacob notes that, “Music has been the only constant throughout my life.”
Original Sin will be released independently and available at all digital retailers June 17th.
