Jack River – Lie In The Sun: New Song Of The Day

Jack River (aka Holly Rankin), coastal alt-pop queen, shares ‘Lie In The Sun’, another syrupy taste from her forthcoming sophomore album Endless Summer, out Friday 16 June.

Here’s the blurb with all you need to know:

“I wrote ‘Lie In The Sun’ with John Ryan (Harry Styles, Katy Perry, Nick Jonas), a hilarious New Yorker who I met at a writing camp in Byron. Over lunch, we were asking my publisher about her youth – what she got up to with friends in the suburbs, and what kind of slang they would use to describe going out and getting wasted with friends – she told us they’d say ‘we’re going to lie in the sun’. We were both fascinated and dreamt of a psych night scene, a fluorescent acid world of 70s youth. And so ‘Lie in the Sun’ was born.” 
– Jack River 

Produced with Josh Fountain (BENEE, Alison Wonderland, Jarryd James), ‘Lie In The Sun’ paints the picture of an apocalyptic holiday, of blissfully floating in the sea while the sky is on fire around you. “Josh and I layered vocals upon vocals, reversed and twisted sounds, turned things upside down,” Holly explains. “Within the production there is a story of obscuring what is real, so it doesn’t feel as harsh anymore.”

The Endless Summer era dawned with sun-drenched single ‘Real Life’, which was the #1 most played track on triple j, saw adds to Spotify’s Front Left, Indie Arrivals, The Local List and Apple’s Heaps Indie, and praise from NME, The Guardian, Tone Deaf and Women in Pop. ‘Nothing Has Changed’ came with the announcement that Jack River would be taking a break over the summer to welcome her first child into the world. The wistful pop song garnered pickup from NME and The Music, plus a full add to triple j. The title track of her forthcoming LP, ‘Endless Summer with Genesis Owusu’ picked up adds to Spotify’s Pollen (1.3 mil), Modern Psychedelia and Indie Chillout in the US, New Music Friday Australia and New Zealand, Iceland, India and Sweden, plus triple j, FBi and MTV.

Drawing inspiration from the psychedelic records of the tumultuous 1960s that offered a whimsical portal into a peaceful parallel universe, the world-building of Endless Summer is an escapist’s dream. Written just prior to finding out she was expecting her first child, this record is an oasis, something to retreat to amid the apocalyptic horrors of climate disaster – and that was forefront of Rankin’s mind when she came to record the album.

With the album recorded, Rankin took an important break over the summer to entrench herself in new parenthood. Returning like a force of nature – newborn in arms – Jack River is ready to release an album on finding the balance between escapism and real life, something Rankin is facing in every facet of her world: in music, in activism and now as a parent.

With over 66 million streams and multiple Platinum and Gold singles, Jack River is a force to be reckoned with. Her debut album Sugar Mountain earned 3 x ARIA Award nominations, Breakthrough Artist of the Year, Best Pop Release and Engineer of the Year; an AIR nomination for Best Independent Pop Album; and saw Holly Rankin nominated for Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year at the APRA Awards.

On ‘Lie In The Sun’ Jack River turns up the heat, slathers the sunblock, and leads the way to a hallucinogenic beach trip.

Jack River – Endless Summer (LP)

Out Thu 16 June through I OH YOU

Pre-order/save here

1. Real Life
2. Lie In The Sun
3. Endless Summer (with Genesis Owusu)
4. Lucy Sea Queen
5. Honey
6. Lie To You
7. Nothing Has Changed
8. Paradise
9. Holy Men
10. Stranger’s Dream