Twilight Hindsight is an introduction to the band Jeff Klemm and The Letters showcasing their versatile musical style and previewing what’s to come from the band. With one part grooving-can’t-get-out-of-your-head rock, one part moody sing-alongs and one part beautiful orchestrally focused arrangements.

We all think we know better. We all see things more clearly in hindsight as you know, but the concept behind this song and EP explores WHEN you exactly start knowing better. When you start seeing in Hindsight. My idea is that not knowing better is symbolic of being in darkness and it's not until you let the light, the first glimpse of light, the TWILIGHT in, only then can you can see clearly in Hindsight. Magicians use illusions also known as smoke and mirrors to deceive you, well this song explores the concept of nostalgia deceiving you. You could yearn for a person place or thing, but this song and album presents the concept that maybe what you are missing is the past. Nostalgia. Hence Smoke and Rearview Mirrors.

TRACKLISTING:
01. Smoke & Rearview Mirrors
02. Send It
03. These Fragile Bones
04. Tennessee
05. Whirlwind

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Released November 3rd 2017
Recorded in various places. Mixed & Mastered in Akron, OH at Central 8 Studios by Nathan Doutt

Burying:

Singer/Songwriter Jeff “JCK” Klemm, known for his nationally touring, critically acclaimed rock band MAID MYRIAD, has released his first solo album “Burying The Shadows,” distributed through Diskette Records. 

“The songs were mostly written and recorded over several weeks last winter in the grips of fever delirium and emotional crisis,” says Klemm. “Instead of going on a bar bender to cope with the heartbreak, I went on a creative bender and put all those wild emotions down on record. I moved my bed into my studio and didn't leave for weeks.” Klemm performed all the instruments on the record with the exception of two songs, on which Jake Porter, Colin Stevens and Tiernan King (of Klemm’s live band The Letters) take the helm. 

Renowned engineer and co-owner of Central 8 Studios Nathan Doutt handled the mixing duties. “Due to my tour schedule, I was barely home in 2015, so the record was collecting dust until Nathan asked about it,” recalls Klemm. “I handed him a hard drive full of songs and said ‘have fun.’ Nathan sculpted the sound in a bigger, different and more focused direction than I’d originally envisioned. He’d send me new mixes and I’d send notes from the road. Nathan put a ton of time and energy into making the album sound unique and it really shines through in the mixes.” 

Although “Burying The Shadows” does not adhere to one musical genre, the record is not without mortar. Featuring classic breakup songs of love gone sour, from the sarcastic “It's Just Not Meant To Be” to the anxious “13 Missed Calls,” the lush and hopeful “Ocean Meets The Sky” and alt-country bordering “Fix,” the unifying theme is love in all its iterations – from inception to death. Klemm makes his apologies in the fraught “Weight Of The World,” where his recognizable soaring tenor counteracts the whiskey-soaked doo-wop of "You're Breaking My Heart (The Whiskey Song),” dedicated to none other than his faithful companion.

Says Klemm: “What ties the record together thematically is the word ‘heart’, which is mentioned in pretty much every song. These songs were the knife that cut through the scar tissue building up around my heart over the last few years. Letting go of the past by burying the shadows that had overcast my happiness was liberating and cathartic. I can finally breathe. I hope it comes through in this collection of songs and the companion acoustic record that will follow."