JBM explained

JBM
Birth Name:Jesse Brian Marchant
Birth Date:1980s
Birth Place:Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Years Active:Since
Genre:Folk rock, pop rock
Occupation:Singer-songwriter, guitarist
Label:Partisan Records[1]

Jesse Brian Marchant,[2] better known by his stage name JBM,[1] is a Canadian singer-songwriter. In 2011, he signed a recording contract with American label Partisan Records.[3]

Early life and education

Marchant was born in Montreal, Quebec.[4] He was classically trained in guitar from the age of seven. As a young man, Marchant lived in his family's home in the American Adirondack Mountains for three years, living mostly in seclusion, to realize songs that he had written earlier in Los Angeles, California.[5] In 2008, he recorded songs in a church studio in Hudson, New York.

Career

Marchant has toured with Nathaniel Rateliff, Rogue Wave, Avi Buffalo and Sondre Lerche.[1] He has also performed with St. Vincent, Elvis Perkins, and Swedish singer The Tallest Man on Earth.[5] His musical style has been compared to that of Jim James, Justin Vernon,[6] Nick Drake,[6] Neil Young[6] and M. Ward.[6]

Reception

Music critic Nick Gunther described JBM's music as instilling a "unique depth of emotion and feeling." Brittney McKenna in American Songwriter magazine wrote that there was a "level of peace and of stillness unique to a church" in Marchant's debut album and that his music "feels like one man's soft, musical prayer for hope in a world that too often has too little," and she compared his style to Thom Yorke and Neil Young.[7] JBM's song "Ambitions & War" was described as a "honey-of-a-song" in Future Sounds magazine, with lyrics about a person who is losing their mind in Los Angeles.[8]

Clubdistrict.com described the album as "exquisitely crafted" which feels "as weathered and wise as an old home" and which is a "mostly acoustic venture" with "atmospheric arrangements, lyrical purity and unaffected baritone."[5] Mikela Floyd in Filter magazine described the debut album as "heartfelt compositions" reflecting "a meticulous and carefully crafted sound" from a "handcrafted talent."[9] Steven Mansmith in Slowcoustic described the album as "a fantastic album" of 2010 and noted that the video by Brody Baker accompanying JBM's song Not Even in July, with "images of strewn lawn chairs, sunsets and searching through a dark forest" was a "great video for a great song."[10]

Personal life

, he lived in Brooklyn, New York; Los Angeles; and Upstate New York.

Discography

Awards

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Sondre Lerche playing City Winery, Who Tribute @ Carnegie, NJ & touring (dates) w/ JBM (who is on Partisan Records) . Brooklyn Vegan . Sondre goes on tour after that with opener JBM. JBM is NYC songwriter Jesse Marchant, who's now signed to Partisan Records. ... . January 27, 2010 . May 23, 2011.
  2. Web site: CLEO S SONG . ASCAP . American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers . August 4, 2024.
  3. News: Partisan Records Signs Paleo . indiePulse . Partisan Records out of Brooklyn, NY-- home to Deer Tick, JBM, Mountain Man, and more. . August 1, 2010 . May 23, 2011.
  4. News: Not Even in July . Insound+ . VINYL FORMAT. JBM is the music of Jesse Marchant. ... Jesse was born in Montreal, Canada ... . 2011 . May 15, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120320011731/http://www.insound.com/Not-Even-in-July-Vinyl-LP-JBM/P/INS74102/ . March 20, 2012. dead .
  5. News: JBM Unveils Cover Art & Tracklisting for "Not Even in July" . clubdistrict.com . May 26, 2010 . May 15, 2011.
  6. News: Duncan, Andrew . JBM – Reflections . Zaptown . July 9, 2010 . May 23, 2011. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110917184744/http://www.zaptownmag.com/2010/07/jbm-reflections . September 17, 2011. mdy-all.
  7. News: McKenna, Brittney . JBM > Not Even in July . . There’s a level of peace and of stillness unique to a church... . April 14, 2010 . May 15, 2011.
  8. News: New Sounds: JBM 'Not Even in July' . Future Sounds . Jesse Marchant ... specifically the honey-of-a-song called "Ambitions & War"... . May 26, 2010 . May 15, 2011.
  9. News: Mikela Floyd . JBM, Ambitions & War . . ... heartfelt compositions ... a meticulous and carefully crafted sound ... handcrafted talent... . April 7, 2010 . May 23, 2011.
  10. News: Mansmith, Steven . JBM Releases New video for "In a Different Time" . slowcoustic.com . A fantastic album from last year, JBM’s ... The video absolutely catches the overall visual images... Great video for a great song. . March 6, 2011 . May 23, 2011.
  11. News: Gunther, Nick . BM: – Jesse Marchant Evokes the Haze of July . . ... singer-songwriter Jesse Marchant (a.k.a. JBM) instills a unique depth of emotion and feeling in his music. ... personal experience and the familiarity with loss in his first release, which is out now on Partisan Records. . April 26, 2010 . May 19, 2011.