First there was Elvis.  Then Cher.  Then Prince.  Then Madonna.  Then Janet (Ms. Jackson if yr nasty).  Then Beyonce. And now finally, our own local scene has its own one named diva of up to the moment pop overproduction:  Jay.    Jay’s music is a combination of late-era LA Ried fused over the funkiest R&Midi-B Tommy Two Tone ever had the genius to compose.  Massively overgated snars, big ass hooks with lyrics that reference big asses and enough new dance grooves to send you back to the store searching for dat dutty wine.  FREAK MODE IS HIS STYLE!

Ok, so really not at all.  Superstar friend of the Skyline Jay Crossley (Woozyhelmet), as was previously noted, won one of those Anthony Foundation Grants, giving him the opportunity to record with legendary producer Frank Davis and his epic cohort Jerry Page.  And though the mixing was wrapped only weeks ago, it will already be available as part of a limited hand-crafted batch at the CD show Thursday at Walters Rudyard’s.  In the future, it will be coming out on other formats, including 7″, which we dig.  The show itself is somewhat of a fund-raiser to underwrite the venue cost for a number of shows Jay is helping put on during SXSW (part of the absolute TORRENT of H-Town related events carting their way up to the 512 this March.  More on that soon).

Shameless plug disclaimer: Our own ADR played bass on four of the songs on this record, which is why we can, unfortunately, never review it.  However, that should not take away from the fact that it’s a weird ball of wonderful sweaty beauty that makes us want to fall in love.  again.