Josh Joplin - Jaywalker

Josh Joplin took a fresh approach to making his new album Jaywalker. Inspired by his Brooklyn neighbor Dan Zane's (The Del Fuegos), he set out to recover the simple joy of playing songs with a few friends in the basements and garages of his youth. Mike Schleibaum (Darkest Hour), Ani Cordero (Cordero, Man Or Astroman?), singer/songwriter Peter Salett, Chris Verene (Rock*A*Teens), Ken Olden, (Worlds Collide, Damnation AD, Battery), the man who taught him to play guitar. Even the principal of Josh's old middle school all stopped by to become a part of the mix. Joplin (whose hit, 'Camera One' was produced by former Talking Head, Jerry Harrison) achieved something on this record that he was unable to on others he's made honest and inspired performances of songs that pay tribute to a city he loves, a father he's lost, and the transcendent nature of nostalgia. Eleven Thirty. 2005.

1) Mister New Year's Day
2) Pilgrim's Progress
3) One Becomes Two
4) Jaywalkers of the World
5) A Hard Year
6) The World on a Shoestring
7) To All My Friends
8) Arms to Hold Me
9) Empire State
10) Mortimer's Ghost
11) Stay