Seventeen year old Jack Heffron, aka Zeadron Del Gomez, has been my go-to field lying soundtrack since January. In that month, he released a full studio album entitled 'Hold My Hand? No', and for free no less. When listening all the way through, I like to think of it as a soundscape that slowly builds my surroundings, as if by playing certain songs, a different part of my environment is constructed. The tracks are the epitome of 'more is less' - simplicity is key in the effectiveness of the sound. Layered synths and minimalist drums create a fascinating [...]
Footage compiled by Brian Vu for Jack Heffron's "Level With Me" single. Download the original for free via our bandcamp .
There was a time when the cassette was the most prominent medium of listening to and sharing music. In the 90s came an abrupt takeover by CDs, leaving audio cassettes completely in the dust. Now, with the continual acceleration of the Internet age, we all aspire for something more tangible to hold onto with the music that we know and love. This desire brings us back to cassettes and their comeback, providing listeners with their favorite independent music—all wrapped in a charming little package accompanied by thoughtful artwork. Just recently, Crash Symbols and Rebel [...]
Zeadron Del Gomez is the one-man project of musician/songwriter Jack Heffron. For the past five months, Heffron has been diligently compiling his most thought-provoking release yet, Hold My Hand? No . The debut LP from the 17-year-old, Orange County native is an experimentation with a wide spectrum of styles, stretching from garage, dubstep, DnB, house, and hip hop, to Heffron's own instrumental background in guitar. Abstract noises from Heffron's own vocal box, a pencil to a book, shaking of a vitamin jar, and the bold thumps of hitting a desk are just a few of the do-it-yourself sounds that were recorded [...]
Zeadron Del Gomez - Clearly Loves To Be Zeadron Del Gomez - Level With Me Jack Heffron of Zeadron Del Gomez is currently putting the final touches on his new album Hold My Hand? No . The album will be released for free on Monday, January 10th and will include a PDF insert with a high quality download. Here's a premiere of two brand new songs from the album. "Clearly Loves To Be" has a dark and noisy introduction to the album that progresses into a crisp beat combined with soft [...]
Lizard Kisses Brooklyn Marc Merza & Cory Siegler W e started dating this past spring, and we started Lizard Kisses pretty soon after. It was conceived sort of by accident. At first it consisted of the two of us just fooling around with some toy instruments we got in Chinatown and jamming out in our bedrooms. Then we finally decided to start recording it. We wrote the bulk of our debut EP on [...]
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