General Trust

For the month of February, I've a lot of new music planned for release via yk Records. The first treat drops today - the debut single from General Trust. Before reading further, just go ahead and hit play... Who is General Trust? It's the new pseudonym of Jay Leo Phillips. I've been a fan of Jay for a long time now - from his post-punk band Apollo Up! to his solo full-length to his pair of ambient EPs. He's always been a virtuoso guitar player but with this new project, he's taken on a whole new suite of tools... quite intentionally.

The double single - "Blue Ride" / "Coal Futures" - is much more synth and drum machine based than his previous work but he's still able to work in some of his recognizable guitar sounds. If you wanna put a genre on it, you might call it Synthwave, Cold Wave or Synth Punk. Those are all pretty niche but it gives you an idea of what to expect.

Jay's been working on this for a long time - learning the new instruments, recording, refining and putting together a live show that only requires himself to perform everything. I'm quite excited for this new phase of his output.

Pick it up on Bandcamp or stream it. Most of all, enjoy.