Jordana

October 27, 2020

Jordana releases “I Guess This Is Life” single & music video, announces Something To Say To You LP

“I Guess This Is Life” is the latest single from Jordana. While recent releases flexed either heavier or poppier muscles, this tune sounds like a panoramic take on the indie-folk bedroom sound of her debut Classical Notions Of Happiness. With the aid of Jordana’s now-regular collaborator MELVV, the track brings together his incredibly precise production and Jordana’s sweetly sung, crystal clear vocals. Like much of her recent output, this is a coming-of-age song; grappling with what faith is, perceiving and being perceived, being attuned to how the most seemingly innocuous experiences in your life can give you pause and affect you deeply. The music video, shot in Wichita, KS, was produced by another of Jordana’s close collaborators, Mel Mercer, who is also responsible for all of her recent press photos.

Of the song, Jordana says, “it’s about the motions of everyday life and how experiences, no matter big or small, make up the person that you are and how you both perceive and are perceived by the world”

Jordana previously announced the release of the …To You EP. The six-song collection is the completion of a two-part series she kicked off with July’s Something To Say EP. The two EPs will be compiled together to make up Something To Say To You LP, the full-length follow up to the aforementioned Classical Notions.

The 12″ LP is available for pre-order and is set for release on January 22nd. The compilation will be available digitally on December 4th, alongside the …To You EP. Pre-save or pre-order here.

Jordana

September 3, 2020

Jordana announces …To You EP & 12″ featuring both of her 2020 EPs, releases “Divine” single & video

Today Jordana has announced the upcoming release of the …To You EP, with the new single & music video for “Divine,” directed by Nick D’Agostino. The six-song collection is the completion of a two-part series the Kansas songwriter kicked off with July’s Something To Say EP. But that’s not it: the two EPs will be compiled together to make up – you guessed it! – Something To Say To You, the full-length follow up to Classical Notions of Happiness, which we reissued back in March. The 12″ LP will be available for pre-order this fall (more details soon!) and is set for release December 4th, same date as this new EP will hit digital shelves.

A lot has happened for the buzzy 20-year-old in the two years since she dropped Classical Notions Of Happiness. And it shows. The new single, “Divine”, traverses Jordana’s trauma from past relationships and the lengthy road to finding her confidence, peace and strength. The chorus acts as a mantra of sorts with Jordana repeating “Some day I’ll find / Somewhere divine”. About the song, Jordana says: “Divine is a song I wrote that speaks on the exhausting cycle of emotional battles and mental recovery that I’ve endured from past relationships.” 


 With Jordana’s impeccable guitar work front and center, and the expansive production of NYC’s MELVV, both collections of songs convey the, rather incredibly fast, growth from the stripped down bedroom pop of her debut. Jordana continues to write immediately compelling, relatably raw, personal songs about her struggles with emotional duress; whether about toxic relationships on first single “Divine”, calling out abusers in her scene with the rage filled, yet incredibly catchy, “F**k You,” or the deeply honest relationship struggles of “Decline.”

Jordana

July 28, 2020

Jordana celebrates Something To Say EP with “Forgetter” music video

Today Jordana unveils the Something To Say EP, the first in a two-part series that finds the Kansas songwriter expanding her sound into brave new territory. Just a few days ago, she teased us with “Forgetter,” the bittersweet EP closer.  An ode to self-reflection and personal growth, “Forgetter” is an indie-pop tune that draws on the more gentle elements of Jordana’s debut LP, Classical Notions Of Happiness. But, as with all of her new material, the song takes a more lush route to get there courtesy of rising NYC staple MELVVAccompanied by a beautifully stark black and white animated video directed by Tess Lafia (@_tess_lafia_) and animated by  Lily Lin (@itslily.lin), Jordana says Forgetter is a song about self reflection. It’s about the times I’ve let people down in relationships and the unhealthy ways I’ve coped with my own shortcomings.

With the release of Something To Say, fans are treated to the unreleased material that rounds out the 6-song release: the taut pop of Guaranteed, the overpowering beat of “Hitman,” and the spindly indie grunge of “Far Away From You.” 

The second installment in the EP series, To You, can’t come soon enough. Luckily, it will follow this fall. And we couldn’t be more excited for you to hear it. 

Jordana

June 30, 2020

Jordana announces two-part EP series with “Big” single & music video

Jordana turned heads earlier this spring with the re-release of her acclaimed debut LP Classical Notions of Happiness. Today — only a week after the Kansas-based songwriter’s 20th birthday — she’s turning more with the announcement of a two-part EP series that stretches throughout the rest of 2020. The first installment, Something To Say, is coming July 31st, and is heralded today by new single & music video, “Big”. The second installment will follow this fall. Both collections, produced by “Crunch” collaborator and rising NYC staple MELVV, find Jordana embracing a newfound, heavier sound and experimenting in ways she only began to hint at on the new material that found its way onto the repackaged Classical Notions

“Big is written about my experience of entering a state of pure confidence. It describes the fearlessness that I’ve taken on to reach this point,” says Jordana. The music video, directed by Ethan Nelson, and recently shot overnight on the empty streets of New York City, captures that same sense of possibility and overflowing aplomb. 

 

A month ago Jordana briefly returned with the stand-alone single “I’ll Take It Boring.” That track now opens the EP. Expect one more taste from the EP, the soaring indie pop of its closer “Forgetter,” before its late July release. That’s the art up above. Tracklist below. Pre-save here.

01 I’ll Take It Boring
02 Guaranteed
03 Hitman
04 Big
05 Far Away From You
06 Forgetter

Jordana

May 12, 2020

Jordana releases new single “I’ll Take It Boring”

It feels like just yesterday we re-released Classical Notions of Happiness, Jordana’s debut album. That’s probably because it was only last month, and time has ceased to exist over the past few weeks. Seriously, what day is it?

But, as you’ll soon come to find out, Jordana is prolific. Very prolific. So she’s back already. Returning today with a brand new single “I’ll Take It Boring.” Remotely reprising that fruitful working relationship with with up-and-coming New York producer and musician MELVV (who also produced the stand-out single ‘Crunch’ from the aforementioned LP ) Jordana is embracing the maximal sounds that shone on that re-released debut. But put to tape from a safe social distance.  “I’ll Take It Boring” is a driving indie-pop song lathered in synths, electronic drums and ambient sound, all paying their own respects to Jordana’s adept guitar work at the center of it all.

A timely ode to staying home Jordana says ‘I’ll Take It Boring’ is “a song about my experience at a Halloween party which I regretted attending. It’s a song for all the introverts out there, for all the people who feel like blowing off their weekend plans and staying home.Stream it or buy it wherever you do that sort of thing.

Jordana

March 27, 2020

Jordana releases Classical Notions of Happiness today

Today we are incredibly proud to release Classical Notions of Happiness, the expanded and remastered debut album from Kansas songwriter Jordana. Its original 10 tracks, which we fell in love with on first listen back in 2019, have been supplemented with a trio of new tunes – the buoyant, synth-led pop of “Signs,” the roiling 90s alt nostalgia of “Crunch,” and one of the 10 songs you need in your life right now according to The FADER: “Sway.” The new songs showcase three brave new directions for Jordana’s songwriting. The lo-fi bedroom aesthetic of her early material blossoms here, while still maintaining a decidedly DIY spirit. This record is really, really good, and we can’t wait for you to hear what comes next!

Because the world is understandably upside down at the moment, Jordana’s upcoming dates with TV Girl are uncertain at the moment. Watch this space for updates there. And while cancelations or postponements would be a huge bummer, they’re very necessary at the moment. Everyone is going through it together right now. Including our friends at indie retail. So, if you’re able, we’d ask that you support your local independent retailer. Many shops are doing delivery, curb side pick up and other creative methods to stay afloat. We don’t want to envision a world with any less record stores, so if you can, do your part and buy this record at an indie store. Check this link to find one near you. And if there isn’t one nearby, you can always snag the baby pink LP over on Bandcamp while supplies last.

Jordana

February 25, 2020

Jordana releases second single from expanded LP, announces massive US tour

Jordana returns today with the fuzzed out, 90s-inspired “Crunch.” Produced by rising NYC staple MELVV, the track finds Jordana showing off her guitar playing and a more rambunctious indie rock direction, both surprising reactions to the more blissed-out pop of “Signs.” The new song is coupled with a music video directed by POND Creative, who you’ll likely remember also recently worked on the new video for Native Sun’s “Juarez.”

“Crunch is a feeling of an overbearing want for validation from someone and getting the cold shoulder from them,” says Jordana of the new track. “The song starts out with the confidence in knowing this person could possibly notice you and ends in anger and frustration seeing that they ignored you.”

The new song also comes shortly after Jordana announced her first national tour! That’s right, In April she’ll be hitting the road with TV Girl – all tickets available on her artist page. And of course how could we forget to didn’t remind you? There’s a beautiful baby pink LP waiting to be pre-ordered over on Bandcamp

Jordana

January 22, 2020

Welcome Jordana to the Grand Jury roster

Ok, the cat’s out of the bag: today we’re welcoming Wichita, KS-based bedroom pop songwriter Jordana to the Grand Jury family!

On March 27th we’ll be releasing a remastered and expanded version of her debut album, Classical Notions of Happiness. The three new songs on the updateed edition round out what was already one of our favorite albums of last year, littered with bedroom folk, fragile instrumental moments and woozy guitar led pop. But where the original album tended toward the hushed and intimate, the new songs can’t hide their ambitions, opting for a more fleshed out quality only hinted at previously.

Today you can hear an example of that exciting expansion in the form of new single, “Signs.” It’s an endearingly clattering production of synth and bass coupled with a lyrical ode to weird dates and astrological altercations. That’s the homespun music video by Caleb & Maxxy above. And it’s so damn good.

We couldn’t be more excited for you to hear the rest. You can pre-order the standard black LP over in our shop, or if you’d rather get your hands on the limited-edition baby pink version (pictured below!), head over to Jordana’s Bandcamp. There’s only 200, so don’t snooze.

We’ll be back with more news soon.