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Heck&Away

from Jumpstart EP by Leslie Rich

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    The new solo release from Leslie Rich, Jumpstart, visits the teen and pre-teen years of his childhood. Leslie had to manage a lot of emotions in those early years: his dad’s yearning wanderlust, his parents’ temporary separation, the death of both grandfathers, and navigating blossoming love. These emotions all come together in this first EP from 12 recently written tracks; it’s rare for any songwriter’s songs to be so closely bound together. And rarer yet that they proliferate from a specific era in time. Reflection may always come at a certain age. Whatever the truth behind these seemingly endless, sunshine-filled days, Leslie decided that his experience of that time and how he remembered it was as valid as anyone’s version. Any healing came from the roots of how his nine, eleven, or fifteen-year-old self navigated those memories.

    Because the songs came so fully formed early on, Leslie decided to reinvent his usual recording process. He shared the rough demos with his friend, Heavy Sixers guitarist Grant Eull, who had recently begun experimenting with analog synths and sequencers. The results were instantly enlightening, so Stephen Helvig of Helvig Productions was recruited to bring order and direction to the home recordings. In the studio, happy accidents flourished, “usual” processes were abandoned, and traditional instrumentation was kept to a minimum, outside of Leslie’s acoustic foundation. Once finished, a common thread of experimentation can be seen all the way from 1999’s Geeklove or 2001’s Written Lie. In ruminating on his roots, perhaps Leslie managed to creatively rediscover them.

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In Heck&Away, the nine-year-old Leslie can’t understand why anyone would invest so much in love. Is it really always a “rollercoaster ride?” because it “seems much too hard to work”?

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Somebody new could come along
But for a while you were the only one
But I’m much too young for that

Holding hands is a bittersweet
Way of keeping me at arms reach
I’ll probably never speak to you again

Love is this how it’s supposed to
Work is it a rollercoaster
Love seems like it’s much too hard to love

Sit on a wall under the bridge
Swing from the bar out on the ledge
Heck and away I go again

Talk about the bike I’m going to buy
I get excited and then I lie
Heck and away I go again

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from Jumpstart EP, released May 21, 2023
Leslie Rich - Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals
Grant Eull - Synths, Keyboards
Stephen Helvig - Programming, Keyboards, Drum Machine
Recorded, mixed and engineered - Stephen Helvig & Leslie Rich
Words and Music - Leslie Rich

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Leslie Rich Minneapolis, Minnesota

Belfast born singer-songwriter, Leslie Rich grew up listening to a mix of punk, acoustic songwriters and traditional Celtic music. Inspired by artists like Luka Bloom and Throwing Muses, Leslie became a hard working solo performer in the bar scene. He founded the Rocket Soul Choir in 1994, mainly as an acoustic response to the heavy, guitar-driven, Irish bands cropping up at that time ... more

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