NYC-based band Jobber have announced their debut album: Jobber to the Stars is out August 22 via Exploding in Sound. Leading the follow-up to 2022’s Hell in a Cell EP is ‘Nightmare’, an infectious, stomping tune born of paralyzing anxiety. It comes paired with a music video starring wrestler “Iron” Rip Byson. Check it out below.
“I wrote this song back in 2021 when I wanted to quit my day job, but felt really, really stuck,” guitarist/vocalist Kate Meizner said of the new single. “Companies were doing mass layoffs, cutting benefits, and the job market was garbage, so it felt like a risk to make a move and leave. I wanted to capture that feeling of paralysis: when you know you need to let go of something terrible for you (and the world!), but the decision involves so much risk that fear keeps you rooted in place. It’s like a nightmare where you’re trying to escape from a monster that’s trying to destroy you, but your legs are cement – you just ‘can’t seem to run.’ Sonically, I was really going for a power pop feel, with the Moog, sugary melody, and groove. I think I was listening to ‘Waiting’ by the Rentals on repeat at the time. Mike Falcone (drummer), Justin Pizzoferrato (engineer), and we had a fun time capturing that sound and playing with different flourishes like claps, ‘woo-hoos’ or hard panned guitar textures.”
Meizner, drummer-vocalist Michael Falcone, guitarist-keyboardist Michael Julius, and bassist Miles Toth recorded the album with Pizzoferrato (Dinosaur Jr, Body/Head, Pixies) and Aron Kobayashi Ritch (Momma, Hotline TNT, Squirrel Flower). Lyrically, it finds Meizner drawing parallels between professional wrestling and the frustrations of what she describes as the “mundane and very serious struggles under capitalism.” She added, “It doesn’t let you wallow, but it still captures a crude version of reality. It’s a way to laugh so you don’t scream.”
Jobber to the Stars Cover Artwork:
Jobber to the Stars Tracklist:
1. Raw Is War
2. Nightmare
3. Pillman’s Got A Gun
4. Clothesline From Hell
5. Jobber To The Stars Pt. I
6. Summerslam
7. Extreme Rules
8. GoInG InTo bUsInEsS FoR MySeLf
9. Million Dollar Man
10. HHH
11. Jobber To The Stars Pt. II
