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Sydney, Australia songwriter and producer Jesse Judies drops his new single “I’ve Been There Before” this Friday (10/20) on streaming. Today, Vents brings you a preview of the single along with the music video below. Released on the heels of his September single “Colors of Youth”, the song will be included on his upcoming full-length album ‘Coup De Foudre’. The busy musician describes both singles as deeply personal, and creatively tells the story of uprooting from a familiar life in San Francisco to begin anew in Sydney. Fans of Beck, MGMT, St. Motel, LCD Soundsystem, and Portugal. The Man will quickly find the music of Jesse Judies easy to drop into their playlists.
Jesse Judies has been busy putting the final touches on the upcoming album, with details and a tracklisting being announced in the coming weeks. As a taste of things to come, “I’ve Been There Before” gives listeners a peek into the mind of Nick Bray, playfully telling stories of everyday life, done with style and an impressive songwriting that will win over the most discerning of critics (Pitchfork, anyone listening?). The music video brings the fun, showing a day in the life of Jesse Judies making his way around town and living his best life on a bike. I can quote him on that by the way, “life is better on a bike”, end of story.
Known to most of his friends as “Nick Bray”, you may catch Jesse Judies playing a hip festival around town, or on another day, living life as a bicycle delivery person earning an honest living (see video above). What he does unusually well is combine a unique perspective on life and mesh it perfectly with infectious indie rock, soaked in incredible production, and backed with beats that will quickly melt your stress away. There’s a layer of charisma that’s hard to describe, but it comes across perfectly in both his music and in other videos for tracks like “Chemistry” and “This is gonna happen.
“I’ve Been There Before” was written and produced by Nick Bray Jesse Judies, mixed by Ollie Brown mastered by Josh Weaver in Nashville, TN.
Judies comment “I guess I am into hi-vis work gear and idioms. I mean, a benevolent witch taught me that the world is your oyster, so go out and get it.”
