Jerkcurb unveils plans for second album ‘Night Fishing On A Calm Lake’

South London’s Jerkcurb - aka Jacob Read - is back with the news that his sophomore album, ‘Night Fishing On A Calm Lake’, will be released on 28th November via Handsome Dad Records. 

It marks an anticipated return to music for Read, following his cult favourite 2019 debut ‘Air Con Eden’. After its release, he set about making plans to expand Jerkcurb into a full band setup, when his dad tragically passed away. ‘Night Fishing On A Calm Lake’, then, is a record informed by grief, loss, and confusion. 

Sharing more about the LP’s first single, ‘Death Valley Morning Dew’, Read has explained: “It’s about the duality between the expanse of the outside world, nature and sprawling landscapes, and the claustrophobia of an interior, the concrete walls of an infirmary. The differences between the outside and inside aren’t so easy to distinguish. Nor are they literal. You can be anywhere in the world but a prisoner in your own brain.” 

Continuing, he reflects: “I was stuck in this purgatorial state, not sure which route to take, plagued by anticipatory grief and motionless anxiety. It was never intended to be a single, there is no chorus, instead it moves through different sections, the different routes of a journey, some utopic, natural beauty, others depressing, hellish. The only repeating moment in the song is the first line, making the whole journey feel cyclical.”

Watch the video for ‘Death Valley Morning Dew’ below.