Harvard-grad sibling rockers Jocelyn & Chris return with “Sugar and Spice,” “a bluesy romp showing off their knack for classic song-craft” (American Songwriter) and their first release since the world health crisis took hold last year. This is a taste of their forthcoming eighth studio album. Channeling the powerhouse-style vocals of iconic female rockers like Janis Joplin and Stevie Nicks blended perfectly with guitarwork calling back to greats like Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix, Jocelyn & Chris deliver a psychedelic 70s style on this funk-driven track about realities of a hot and cold relationship.

Accompanying the rocking, retro-funk anthem is the official music video. With a kaleidoscope of colors, the track’s retro influences are on full display with Jocelyn’s vocals taking center stage supported by Chris’s organic, riff-driven guitar.

Eight albums, continual touring, and their “millennial spin on classic rock” (NBC TODAY) has earned Jocelyn & Chris three consecutive commercial radio singles in the Billboard AAA Top 40 and two #1 records on the Relix Jambands Top 30 Album Chart. Their 2019 album The Fun in the Fight landed them their national TV debut with The TODAY Show and features with Huffington Post, NowThis, Paste, The Daily Beast, People, Hollywood Reporter, and numerous others.

Following “Sugar and Spice,” Jocelyn & Chris released “Run Away,” an anthemic pop-rock track that channels the all-too-relatable feeling of losing hope – and then finding it again through a fresh perspective and a musical escape. “Run Away” premiered with Relix and has quickly garnered press and adds from MTV, Celebrity Access, Guitar World, and more. The infectiously powerful track impacts Triple A radio on June 14th.

Jocelyn & Chris and their band will showcase music from the new record on the road this summer with tour dates across the US for their “Favorite Ghosts” tour, including a first-time appearance at Bourbon & Beyond in Louisville, KY, and a return to Milwaukee’s Summerfest.

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ABOUT JOCELYN AND CHRIS

Sibling rockers Jocelyn & Chris learned long ago that every cloud, no matter how dark, may just have a silver lining – and as they prepare to release their eighth album Favorite Ghosts, they’ll emerge from a world on pause with a ferociously original work that might just be bottled modern-rock lightning. Instead of falling idle during the dark clouds of 2020, the siblings embraced the chance to create the most authentic, meaningful songs of their career. The album’s producers, long-time Jocelyn & Chris collaborator David Bourgeois and seven-time Grammy winner Joel Moss, were happy to facilitate the chaos, resulting in a varied, dynamic work that always chooses the power of telling a story over the temptation to conform to any one genre or style. From anthemic single “Run Away” to emotionally stark closer “My Favorite Ghost,” these songs reflect on the memories and emotions that refuse to let us go, suggesting that while we can’t change what haunts us, we can welcome it as part of who we are. For Jocelyn & Chris, who have been making music together since they were children, Favorite Ghosts is a powerful, undeniable set of songs that carries these siblings forward into a new chapter as they continue to chase their shared dream.

FOLLOW JOCELYN & CHRIS:

Official website: http://www.jocelynandchrismusic.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JocelynandChris/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jocelynandchrismusic/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_AenhmVbsJWLG1qjWpAN3A
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jocelynandchris
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jocelynandchris
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2haWKVf4SjBUrihzS4ul3R?si=gcoF2ws7T4OdX3zahqLVGA
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/jocelyn-chris-arndt/1067985739

Ukulele. Literally, “leaping flea”, probably from the Hawaiian nickname of Edward Purvis, who was short and quick and popularized the instrument brought to Hawaii by the Portuguese in 1879.

To extend the summer, PETITSOLEIL offers you ten swaying Latin songs joyfully painted in pop colors in the language of Molière!

Supported by the swaying swing and the crystalline sound of the “Ukulele”, by the percussions of Japy Lo Pinto, and the “tremolo-twangy” electric guitar of Piero Bégot as talented accomplices, the songs of Roberto Lozano take us from “La Grande Bleue ” (Southern France, Spain) and Latin America (Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Argentina, Havana, Dominican Republic). On heady refrains that celebrate life, love and the intoxication of Latin fiestas, the three boys, their heads in the sun, delight us with their songs without age and without borders (between original compositions and covers from Latin folklore ) …All performed with heart and soul!

Ukulele. Literally, “leaping flea”, probably from the Hawaiian nickname of Edward Purvis, who was short and quick and popularized the instrument brought to Hawaii by the Portuguese in 1879.

To extend the summer, PETITSOLEIL offers you ten swaying Latin songs joyfully painted in pop colors in the language of Molière!

Dive into the new release below!

Bobby Freemont & Chrome Daphne have teamed up for a cool new collab. Melding Bobby Freemont’s bedroom pop with Chrome Daphne’s slick production.

The song “Little Bit” is about those times when you think things are getting better until your friends leave and you’re alone. A summer day can feel like a winter night pretty quickly. At the same time, you can zoom out and look at it as saying things are good now but you never know what’s around the corner. Life is full of good times and bad and that line encompasses both of them. There’s beauty in that.

This is just the beginning of a beautiful partnership – Bobby and Chris from Chrome Daphne are frequent collaborators at their studio and have been amassing a backlog of great music together, so be sure to look out for more!

TEEN BLUSH is the solo artist and production project from Chicago-based musician Ken Foss. With a sound that traditionally glides through elements of dreampop, shoegaze, new wave and true alternative rock, Foss creates an experience that is both familiar and refreshing.

He broadens his sonic palette through a collaboration with fellow Chicago-based artist/producer skagboy who takes the songwriting prowess he has established throughout the existing catalogue and brings it into a new electronic alt-pop soundscape. 

Released on indie record label Everything Forever, IS IT ALREADY FALL TIME? combines elements of different genres of electronic dance music and hyperpop/glitchcore. The EP explores themes such as being haunted, ghosts, space, late-night adventures, and what it feels like to want to fall in love with someone – all through the lens of the season of autumn. 

The latter is captured in the focus track “FALL TIME” which is both about the excitement of fall approaching and the ache to be close to someone who is far away, while fully knowing they only want the parts of you that they find convenient. Ultimately, it’s about being foolish enough to convince yourself that somehow that might change.  

The Saskatoon-born alt-pop singer/songwriter velours is named after the French word for “velvet,” for her beautifully soft voice and her music style. She writes about the human condition, the lyricism colliding with beautifully authentic melodies. CBC has listed her as one of the “12 Sask. musicians changing the sound” of Saskatchewan. 

velours was inspired by a feeling she had of the whole world crumbling around her, though still having a sparkling, vibrant love that grows, despite it all. Her concept of “Flowers in a Wasteland” not only has contrasting imagery, but she also wanted to mix that with a killer upbeat pop rock energy. The idea that something so beautiful and fragile like a flower can thrive in something so visually miserable like a wasteland was such a fun concept to work with. 

The song is produced by multi-platinum, JUNO award-winning producer Ryan Stewart (Carly Rae Jepsen, Simple Plan, Smash Mouth).

“The concept, style, and song title came seamlessly, but the lyrics took a lot of figuring out,” explains velours. “It was a challenge to find the line between creating imagery of a wasteland and the fun of being in love with someone. I also wasn’t too sure what kind of imagery to use and it wasn’t until my mom––the person who taught me everything I know about literature––suggested I re-read Lord Byron’s poem, ‘Darkness.’ I had so much fun taking from the apocalyptic imagery in the poem and contrasting that with the upbeat sound and feeling of new love.”