It may be a bummer, but I think it’s a proven fact that heartbreak is a catalyst for heart wrenching pop music. Meet Alex Jacob — nineteen-year-old Van Nuys resident who, as of last autumn, became an owner of a broken heart after a relationship crumbled. Tapping into his innate gift of songwriting, the melancholy teenager used his breakup as fuel for some otherwordly bedroom pop he writes under the moniker Therapies Son.
And from the sounds of his self-recorded debut EP, Over the Sea, music is a beautiful source of release for the young musician. The five songs that comprise the EP range in tone from the warbling merry-go-round waltz of “Rose Red Rose,” to the heavy, guitar-driven psych-pop of “Touching Down,” but all possess that fuzzy warmth of lo-fi.
You can purchase the Sargent House release here and catch Therapies Son’s performance at The Echo Friday, April 29.
-Katrina Nattress