The songs comprising Sunshower—produced by the band and noted engineer Chris Ribando (The Black Crowes, Priestbird, Mary J. Blige)—blend contemporary styles with a myriad of classic influences, from Dylan and The Beatles to Pink Floyd and Fleetwood Mac to The Police and Talking Heads. But you wouldn’t immediately hear them. The band has a knack for combining all of those influences into something utterly vital and wholly their own, as they’ve done on first single “Flaming Arrow,” a shimmering, ringing acoustic folk tune shot through with a bumping bassline and New Orleans inspired drum groove.
Sunshower dazzles on tracks like the dancefloor-friendly “Simple Stones,” filled with handclaps and soulful economic riffing that boasts a bass line for the ages while blending ‘80s Stones and MGMT. The epic opener “Volcano” melds The Beach Boys with The Flaming Lips, while delivering one of the disc’s best choruses. If Ishibashi conjures The Shins on “Find Me a Place,” he drops vintage, finger-picking folk on disc-closer “People in the Mountain.” As guitarist Zac Colwell puts it: “We can sound like Simon & Garfunkel, The Kooks, or even from a webisode of Yacht Rock.”
If they had their way, listeners would ingest each track on Sunshower as they would a new chapter in a never-boring book. Says singer/multi-instrumentalist K Ishibashi, “We approach every song like, ‘Will people be able to listen to this over and over again?’ ”
“Each song is like a little world,” adds Colwell. “We’re the same four guys playing the music on each track, but we just like to get way down in there and explore that little world.”
What K Ishibashi (lead vocals), Zac Colwell (lead guitar), Dave Heilman (drums) and Pat Dougherty (bass) have created as a result is a hook-heavy album tailor-made for our ADD times. And that mix-it-up mentality suits the band, as its songs are written by either Colwell or Ishibashi, each of whom have opposing approaches to lyric and melody.
“K leaves things a little more open for the listener,” says Colwell, who also plays keyboards and flute and adds backing vocals. “I consciously try to have a little narrative, and tell a story.” Counters Ishibashi, who plays guitar and violin in addition to singing lead on Sunshower: “His songs are pretty dark. I write bright, fun stuff, a lot of it stemming from one really big emotional experience. I’m more analytical, more left brain, he’s more right.”
“If there’s a theme to the album, it would definitely be bittersweetness,” Colwell continues.
“There’s definitely some humor, playfulness, but there’s also this twenty-something, we-have-to-temper-our-excitement sort of thing, especially being New Yorkers. Our elation is always checked, and some of the lyrics reflect that.” Bittersweet can be contradictory in terms, but in this case, these four unique personalities colorfully complement one another.
Although officially formed in 2003, the seeds for Jupiter One were planted in 2000 when Austin native Colwell and Ishibashi (raised in Virginia) met while working as touring musicians with a traveling circus, the Barnum Kaleidoscope. Bonding over their love for all music from soul to classical Indian, the duo began performing instrumental music in New York in the early 2000s, gradually working their way toward pop music incorporating vocals, and gigs at Pianos, Arlene’s Grocery and other reputable venues around Manhattan. “We noticed that once we started singing, girls started coming to shows,” laughs Colwell.
A former member of the popular STOMP performance collective, New Jersey-born drummer Heilman, caught an early incarnation of Jupiter One at a now-defunct bar in New York’s Lower East Side. “There was a unique, analog keyboard sound, something you don’t really hear anymore, especially then, in 2004,” he says, “and it just created this incredible sense of nostalgia. It made me feel like the band’s music was already history. It totally felt classic, and it made me sit up on the edge of my seat.” The current incarnation of the band coalesced with the addition of Delaware-raised bassist Pat Dougherty.
Taking its name from the spaceship in the ‘60s television show Lost in Space, Jupiter One made its recorded debut in 2005 with a self-titled EP, three songs from which made the transition—albeit in re-recorded form—to the group’s official self-titled debut album. The songs on Jupiter One scored the band a slew of high-level song-placements in TV and film projects (including the upcoming indie film Broken Windows, MLB Opening Day ‘09, NASCAR Talladega Race ’09 NBC’s Heroes Tribute, and the Sci-Fi channel’s Flash Gordon), as well as a number of video games (Madden NFL ’08, NHL ’08, etc.), and commercials (Payless‘09, Mazda ‘08).
Behind the new wave-inspired Jupiter One, the band members—having quit their day jobs—criss-crossed the States, building a fan base and surviving on Subway’s five-dollar footlong special, laughs Heilman. “We spent 14 months sluggin’ it out in the clubs,” he says. “We did not want to be some sort of boring web sensation. We wanted to meet our fans face to face.” And the work has paid off. “It’s definitely a show we’ve put time into, so it’s not just four guys playing a song, it’s supposed to be a spectacle,” says Colwell.
With producer/engineer Ribando at the controls, Sunshower embraces warmer, analog sounds and vintage recording techniques. “It’s the sound of the four of us playing together, rather than layering in the studio,” says Colwell. “Instead of piecemeal, it’s the way we actually sound live.”
Forgetting the sound for a minute, and thinking about the songs, Ishibashi adds: “We just want people to internalize them. We want Sunshower to be a journey.”
Platform Moon
Jupiter One Lyrics
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Perfume of a secret
The sound of scissors
And a girl with a faint smile
Moaning like a brick wall
As she merges on the highway
Could she be a doctor
Everyday I start new
In the mask of the afternoon
My history forgotten
In the bottom of the ocean
In the light of the platform moon
I grew up by the highway
She grew up by the sea
She hears her name in the sound of the waves
But the ships hold a message for me
I was born by the highway
She's got sand in her hair
The lonely sounds of the traffic in the night
Will never reach her there
Woke up on a black beach
With a face I didn't recognize
My history forgotten
In the bottom of the ocean
Everyday I start new
Broken mast and abandoned crew
Her mystery is rotting
In the bottom of the ocean
In the light of the platform moon
I grew up by the highway
She grew up by the sea
She hears her name in the sound of the waves
But the ships hold a message for me
I was born by the highway
She's got sand in her hair
The lonely sounds of the traffic in the night
Will never reach her there
I grew up by the highway
She grew up by the sea
She hears her name in the sound of the waves
But the ships hold a message for me
I was born by the highway
She's got sand in her hair
The lonely sounds of the traffic in the night
Will never reach her there
Will never reach her there
Will never reach her there
In Jupiter One's song Platform Moon, the lyrics evoke images of mystery and longing. The singer is mesmerized by a girl, who is elusive and enigmatic. The song speaks of encountering her on a platform, surrounded by the perfume of a secret and the sound of scissors. There is a fleeting connection between them, as the girl emerges onto the highway, moaning like a brick wall. The singer wonders about her profession, whether she could be a doctor or simply a light on a platform.
The song describes a sense of displacement and disorientation, as the singer awakens on a black beach with an unfamiliar face. There is a sense of starting over every day, with history forgotten in the bottom of the ocean. The images of the platform moon and the sound of waves evoke a dreamlike atmosphere, as if everything is fleeting and ephemeral. The singer's longing for the girl and the message from the ships create an evocative and melancholic mood.
Platform Moon is a song that speaks to the universal human experience of longing and searching for something that we may never fully grasp or understand. It creates a vivid and dreamlike world, with hints of mystery and loss that are both haunting and beautiful.
Line by Line Meaning
A light on a platform
The presence of a guiding light that marks the way forward with clarity and safety.
Perfume of a secret
A hidden or undisclosed truth that emanates a fascinating and elusive aroma.
The sound of scissors
The cutting or severing of a physical or symbolic link that once connected two objects or ideas.
And a girl with a faint smile
A character or personification of a sense of ambiguity, mystery or uncertainty that is framed with a subtle expression of happiness.
Moaning like a brick wall
A sense of unbreakable or rigid resistance that is equally deafening and unnerving.
As she merges on the highway
The process of blending or joining two separate paths or trajectories into one that leads to a common or shared outcome.
Could she be a doctor
A reflection of the possibilities and paths one can take in life that may lead to different identities or purposes.
Or a light on a platform
A guiding or illuminating force that shows the way forward and provides constant support and direction.
Everyday I start new
A daily renewal of one's spirit or commitment to change and growth.
In the mask of the afternoon
The veneer or facade that one wears to hide or conceal their true emotions or thoughts.
My history forgotten
The loss or erasure of one's past experiences, memories or knowledge that defines their identity.
In the bottom of the ocean
A metaphorical place of darkness, obscurity or mystery where one's forgotten past lies hidden and unretrievable.
In the light of the platform moon
An illuminating or inspiring force that brings clarity and direction to an otherwise ambiguous or uncertain existence.
I grew up by the highway
A formative experience or environment that shaped one's perception of the world and themselves.
She grew up by the sea
A contrasting or divergent experience of growth that resulted in different identities or values.
She hears her name in the sound of the waves
A profound connection or resonance with one's past experiences and memories that still echo in the present.
But the ships hold a message for me
An external source or message that provides guidance or direction in one's journey forward.
Woke up on a black beach
An experience of shock, confusion or disorientation upon realizing that one's present reality is different from what they expected or remembered.
With a face I didn't recognize
A sense of estrangement or unfamiliarity with one's own identity or appearance.
Broken mast and abandoned crew
A metaphorical sense of isolation, loss or abandonment caused by the broken or failed relationships in one's life.
Her mystery is rotting
The decay or loss of a once enticing or compelling source of intrigue, curiosity or fascination.
Will never reach her there
A pessimistic or resigned outlook that accepts the futility or impossibility of attaining or achieving something.
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: ZACHARY ALEX COLWELL
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@asaniwasabi
Early 2010s, rainy night, laying in bed, open the DS and play with Man United with Rooney, Ronaldo, Nani, Park Ji-sung, and van der Sar. Good times.
@emakcay
I was playing with Marseille and Valencia.
@videosfever6961
Oh maannnnn Memories <3
@Malaciao_sacoazul
More like "turn on the PS2". If you only played this on DS, you know nothing 😂 you are not actually retro and those are not actually memories
@asaniwasabi
@@Malaciao_sacoazul that's a weird comment. Whatever helps you sleep at night I guess.
@CujoSmileDog
This was one of my dads favorite games of all time before he passed away. Brings back memories when we played this together. He would always pick a low star team and bring them to 6 stats in the Franchise mode. His favorite team was Ajax.
@shahrukhsattar3620
i am so sorry for your loss! this kind of dad is always a legend
@cameronmicahnyamuda8590
+GermanMacabre sorry for your loss.Those kind of dad's are legends,just like you:-)
@reindernap
RIP legend
@JohnSmith-vs9el
GermanMacabre R.I.P