Ernest Jenning Record Co.

High Disciple

High Disciple

Ernest Jenning Record Co.

***HIGH DISCIPLE was formed in late 2015, after CHRIS DALY (JETS TO BRAZIL, TEXAS IS THE REASON, 108) elocated his growing family from Brooklyn to the suburbs of Northeastern New Jersey. With a bit of distance from playing music (and a healthy affinity for Jamaican dub and reggae music), he decided to forge a new musical path in that vein. After connecting with solo artist and producer LARRY DIGIOVANNI (DUB FOR LIGHT), the pair soon discovered a shared history in the hardcore scene, as well as a deep appreciation for both Bad Brains, The Grateful Dead, and some deep dub and classic rock influences. Adrian Sherwood's production, namely on the Primal Scream dub remix album Echo Dek, as well as The Verve's first couple records, also served as a musical road map as to where they wanted to travel. The duo started with free-form jam sessions, and soon enough, songs started coming together with a natural, effortless flow. They recorded a 3-song demo in the fall of 2015, and soon after brought guitarist SCOTT SAINT HILAIRE—a seasoned guitarist rooted in surf, dub, and hardcore music—into the fold. This allowed the band to add more dimension to their then studio-driven sound, and to adapt it into a live setting. Now solidified as a 3-piece, the music started coming at a brisk pace. The band self-recorded and produced their debut album at a comfortable, relaxed pace in their own Vibration Sound Studio space throughout 2017, with DiGiovanni at the controls.

Title Tracks

Long Dream

Ernest Jenning Record Co.

***TITLE TRACKS is a trio from Washington, D.C. that features guitarist/singer and songwriter JOHN DAVIS (GEORGIE JAMES, Q AND NOT U, PAINT BRANCH), bassist MICHAEL COTTERMAN (THE LOVED ONES, KID DYNAMITE, DAVE HAUSE) and drummer ELMER SHARP (ROOFWALKERS). Title Tracks’ new album, Long Dream is its third, all of which have been released by The Ernest Jenning Record Co. Title Tracks’ first two albums, It Was Easy (2010) and In Blank (2011), came in quick succession and were followed with significant touring through the United States and Europe, including shows with the likes of Ted Leo, Pretty and Nice, Tommy Keene, The Paul Collins Beat, and many others. The five year gap between In Blank and Long Dream was due to a variety of life changes that emerged for different band members (babies, a new drummer, new careers, other bands), all of which find their way into the words and atmosphere of Long Dream. Finding time between parenting duties, graduate school classes, and a new career as a Performing Arts archivist at the University of Maryland, Davis wrote the 10 songs on Long Dream during late hours alone at the band’s practice space. Whether it’s the hurtling sprint of “I Don’t Need To Know,” the arpeggiated atmospherics of “Empty Heavens,” or the urgent power pop of “Low Cool,” nearly every song on the album refers to dreams in their many forms—lucid, feverish, aspirational, broken, or realized. Borne out of a brief period of major changes (and sleep deprivation), it became...