Princess Reason is the nom de plume of prolific singer-songwriter Jack Stansbury, a bedroom recorder enthusiast whose been self-releasing a stream of soft, straight-faced melodic pop on his bandcamp page for a little over a year now. A recent acquisition of New Professor records, also home to the likes of LA Font, Body Parts, and yOya, the Echo Park musician isn’t really changing his tune for his first notable EP Stark City – the compositions are still dotted with a lo-fi scuzz as he wallows in sad disquietude. Which really is the charm behind his stoic, somewhat alienated disposition; as is the ever-changing nature of life, Stansbury will always have new observations to examine just when you feel you’ve exhausted his rapidly-evolving body of work.
Start City is out now on cassette via his own bandcamp page.