From the first track of “King Jaymes” it’s clear this isn’t your standard debut album.

It’s a culmination – a work that arrives already heavy with lived experience, past lives and sharpened purpose. Stephen Jaymes may be releasing his first full length record, but the journey here has been anything but sudden.

Over the course of two years, Jaymes has quietly built a discography of singular singles and a string of artful and daring videos that blurred the line between performance and persona. Continue reading →

There is a certain kind of stillness that descends on a city at 3AM. Not silence exactly, but a charged quiet like the night is holding its breath.

That’s exactly the atmosphere that MASSEY slips into with “3:00AM Funk,” a track that feels like it’s been lit by streetlamp and stirred by memory. Continue reading →