Jack Manley
Kingston, New York, United States
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What is it about memory? Why can’t I forget what I want and remember what I need? Makes me wanna scream... Jack Manley is an indie rock artist from Kingston, NY, crafting emotionally raw songs shaped by addiction, grief, and attempted rebirth. His music blends shoegaze textures, distorted guitars, ambient swells, and heartaching pop hooks — his lyrics landing somewhere between confession and poetry. His debut album Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? is a 10-track descent and return — a lo-fi exorcism of loss, survival, and the hard climb back to self. Written after surviving multiple near fatal overdoses and losing his father to COVID, the album is a major milestone for the once deeply troubled artist. It’s loud. It’s fragile. It’s hooky. It doesn’t flinch. First single Way Loud is a hypnotic anthem about memory, forgetting, and fractured resolve — the moment everything breaks and begins again. Each track marks a chapter in a mythic arc: collapse, longing, reckoning, reflection. For fans of the brutal pop/introspection of <a href="spotify:artist:2ApaG60P4r0yhBoDCGD8YG" data-name="Elliott Smith">Elliott Smith</a>, the downtown swagger of <a href="spotify:artist:0epOFNiUfyON9EYx7Tpr6V" data-name="The Strokes">The Strokes</a>, the woozy surrealism of <a href="spotify:artist:38zTZcuN7nFvVJ6auhc6V3" data-name="Deerhunter">Deerhunter</a>, and the haunted stillness of <a href="spotify:album:1To7kv722A8SpZF789MZy7" data-name="MTV Unplugged In New York">MTV Unplugged In New York</a> –era <a href="spotify:artist:6olE6TJLqED3rqDCT0FyPh" data-name="Nirvana">Nirvana</a> . -Julian Assange
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