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And it had to be that way in order to capture the excitement and the energy and the overall feeling of this music.вЂќД®ssential to capturing that vibe was drummer Dennis Holm, who Nichols has played with since 2011. And I think we finally captured that on this record, mostly due to the fact that we didnвЂ™t constrain ourselves to anything вЂ“ we just went in and played in the most organic, natural way we could. вЂњI would say it took three years of touring, three years of totally road-dogging it and sleeping in a damn van and playing shows every night to figure out what was at the core of what I was trying to say not only onstage, but also as a songwriter and as an artist. вЂњBefore this, I donвЂ™t know if I ever felt completely comfortable in the studio,вЂќ Nichols admits.

And indeed, for Shadow Dancer he and his trio brought the onstage JJN experience straight into the studio, laying down the tracks, guitar solos included, live and loud (how loud? вЂњdude, it was so loud,вЂќ he affirms), and capturing, as he puts it, lightning in a bottle. Anyone who has experienced Jared in the flesh knows that the man вЂ“ and his music вЂ“ is a whirlwind of unbridled emotion and energy. The answer, as is usually the case with Nichols, is pretty far. It was so cool to spread my wings and say, вЂHow far can I take this before the train goes off the rails?вЂ™ вЂќ WhateverвЂ™s going to come out is going to come out.вЂ™ вЂњFor the first time in my life I said, вЂIвЂ™m going to write with no filter вЂ“ I donвЂ™t care if itвЂ™s blues, if itвЂ™s rock, if itвЂ™s this or if itвЂ™s that. вЂњIвЂ™m going to a lot of places IвЂ™ve never gone before,вЂќ Nichols acknowledges about the new EP. From the anthemic and hooky lead single, вЂњSkin NвЂ™ BoneвЂќ to the roiling and turbulent вЂњSaint or Fool,вЂќ the full-throttle aggro-chug of вЂњBad RootsвЂќ to the dark atmospherics and deep grooves of the title track, Shadow Dancer sees Nichols digging deep to conjure a set of songs infused with his characteristic passionate vocals and wild guitar pyrotechnics (throughout, Old Glory acts as a second voice, singing and screaming, moaning and wailing right alongside him) while also fearlessly pushing out on his blues-rock boundaries.

Now, after issuing the much-acclaimed 2020 single вЂњThrew Me to the Wolves,вЂќ which showed him stepping outside his core sound with a tightly-coiled slow-burner, Nichols is back with his most heated and varied offering yet, the four-song Shadow Dancer EP. Argue all you want over the finer details of this sadly misguided statement, but one thing is for sure вЂ“ these unfortunate souls have never laid ears or eyes on Jared James Nichols.ДЄrmed with one guitar вЂ“ his battered-and-bruised, heavily-customized Gibson Les Paul, a k a вЂњOld GloryвЂќ вЂ“ a gritty, soul-stirring voice and an unshakable spirit, Nichols has come roaring out of Waukesha, Wisconsin (the hometown, coincidentally вЂ“ or perhaps not вЂ“ of the actual Les Paul) to resurrect and reaffirm the power and glory of good olвЂ™ hot-wired, high-stakes blues-drenched rock вЂnвЂ™ rollвЂ¦ and also whip up a few new sounds and sensations in the process.ДЄnd while he may be just in the beginning stages of his career, Nichols has already picked up plenty of rabid acolytes along the way, whether theyвЂ™ve turned on and tuned in to his electrifying riff-вЂnвЂ™-roll from records like his 2015 debut, Old Glory & the Wild Revival or the 2018 follow up Black Magic, at one of his own incendiary solo gigs, or from catching him onstage with giants like Slash, Billy Gibbons, Zakk Wylde and the late, great Leslie West, among many others. WeвЂ™ve all heard it, read it, maybe even know someone whoвЂ™s said it: Rock is dead.

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