On his debut single, "Sunshine Goldmine," the singer-songwriter Miles Jenson teeters perfectly between alluring beauty and emotional de-roping. Released as the title track for his upcoming debut EP, due by June 20, the track is a melancholic, cinematic look into a mind on the brink between illusion and clarity. Featuring production from the Grammy-winning King Garbage, who has worked with Jon Batiste and the Weeknd, Jenson lays the groundwork for a collection that will surely be as gritty as it is enchanting.
String arrangements churn and build alongside a minimalist piano, creating a moody bed of sound for Jenson's smoky, soul-etched voice. Deep R&B grooves pulse like a heart trying to race alongside a body out of control. There's a haunting nobility at work here, like dancing in a burning room while smiling through the smoke. It's a song about what happens when the facade of control, togetherness, and feeling okay finally breaks down, what happens when even the strongest among us finally breaks down. Jenson has you resting in discomfort, sitting in the gray.
Jenson's artistic voice has been sculpted by a life of detours and reinvention. Born to a jazz musician father, he learned to play piano intuitively rather than academically. Later, a relocation to Nashville aligned him with the storytelling heft of country music. But it wasn't until a chance meeting with a producer and a personal reckoning with addiction that his career as an artist began to take shape. "Sunshine Goldmine" is a mission statement, a bold, gorgeously disorienting soundscape that portrays the chaos and seductiveness of contemporary emotional life. If this song is anything to go by, Miles Jenson's debut EP will be felt.
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