Auburn, Alabama’s Make Sure, the project of songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Joshua Aubrey Jackson,will release the sophomore album June on April 12. Pre-order it here.
Today, the Alabama-based artist has dropped the new single “Infinite Rail.” Listen here.
If you are a child of the ’80s and ’90s, you will want to listen up and pay attention to this one!
“‘Infinite Rail’ is a nod to an old cheat code featured in the Tony Hawk skateboarding video games,” the artist says. “You could turn it on to make your character have flawless balance. I thought that was a tongue-in-cheek way of talking about maintaining healthy behaviors in my own life.”
On his second record for Tooth & Nail Records, singer/songwriter Joshua Jackson provides another helping of spiritual and conversational indie rock in his latest offering June. Following his label debut, 2021’s Ninjutsu, Jackson returns with a more expansive sonic palette without sacrificing the emotional vulnerability and intimacy that has defined his work for more than a decade. Balancing an evening-drive-with-the-windows-down soundscape with yearning lyrics, these songs work from the understanding of hurt, but in spite of it, they speak “I can still get up and try.” From end to end, June is filled with deeply empathetic songwriting and marks Jackson as an artist of great heart and talent.
