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Armon Jay began working on his fourth album in 2021, after the peak of the pandemic, but that
sense of isolation and hard-earned introspection remains in place. As in his first three solo
albums, from 2013’s audacious debut, Everything’s Different, Nothing’s Changed, through
2015’s Del Rio and 2019’s The Dark Side of Happiness, the singer-songwriter has aimed the
gaze at his own personal turmoil in his latest, Stress Dream, offering a peek inside the workings
of his febrile mind set to a delicate musical accompaniment.
Currently working as a touring guitarist with Dashboard Confessional, the
Franklin, TN-based musician once again recorded Stress Dream in his own home studio, creating
its chill-wave ambience and whispering intimacy during the long, round-the-clock hours he
describes in “Twenty Four” (“I could try to close my eyes but I’d still be wide awake”) or the
restless nights of the title track (“Woke up grinding my teeth/Staring at the ceiling/At 6am”).
Stress Dream is about the twilight time between sleeping and wakefulness and trying to get
through the day (and night) with some measure of satisfaction and enjoyment.
Once again sporting such ambient influences like Brian Eno’s work with Paul Simon (including
his latest, 7 Psalms, in its glimpse at mortality), Stress Dream offers an intriguing peak inside
Armon’s psyche, as he opens up from the inside out in stark confessions.
sense of isolation and hard-earned introspection remains in place. As in his first three solo
albums, from 2013’s audacious debut, Everything’s Different, Nothing’s Changed, through
2015’s Del Rio and 2019’s The Dark Side of Happiness, the singer-songwriter has aimed the
gaze at his own personal turmoil in his latest, Stress Dream, offering a peek inside the workings
of his febrile mind set to a delicate musical accompaniment.
Currently working as a touring guitarist with Dashboard Confessional, the
Franklin, TN-based musician once again recorded Stress Dream in his own home studio, creating
its chill-wave ambience and whispering intimacy during the long, round-the-clock hours he
describes in “Twenty Four” (“I could try to close my eyes but I’d still be wide awake”) or the
restless nights of the title track (“Woke up grinding my teeth/Staring at the ceiling/At 6am”).
Stress Dream is about the twilight time between sleeping and wakefulness and trying to get
through the day (and night) with some measure of satisfaction and enjoyment.
Once again sporting such ambient influences like Brian Eno’s work with Paul Simon (including
his latest, 7 Psalms, in its glimpse at mortality), Stress Dream offers an intriguing peak inside
Armon’s psyche, as he opens up from the inside out in stark confessions.
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