: ' .. .:.... . ' ' ______________ : ________ : ' \ / .. .:. .. \ / : : \ /_________ \ / . .. ... .. . : .\ / /___ /\ \ / ______________ ___ _. : \ / / \ / \ \/ / \ \ \ \ \ . ...:..\ / _______/ \/ \ ___/__ / / / / / : /\ / / \ \/ \ / / / . sH! ' / \/ / / / \ / / . ... .:.... .. . :/ _______/ / / / _______/__ ___ __ .\ / / / / / / / / / / / \ / / / / / / / / / / / . . \ /\______/ / / / / \___ / / : \/ ____ \ / / / / / : \ / \ /\____/\ / / : : ________\/ \ / \ / / : ' \ / \/ \ /\ / : . ..:.. . \ / \/ \ / \ / \ / . ' : \/ F A N G \ / : ' ____ \ / . . .. .. .:.. . \ / presents \ / . . \/ \/ : : . ..:.. , : Artist......: Justus Proffit : Album.......: L.A.'s Got Me Down : : Label.......: Bar/None Records .. .:.. . Genre.......: Indie : Catnr.......: BRN-CD-269 . ' Source......: CD , ; Rip.date....: 2019-03-13 Str.date....: 2019-03-08 Quality.....: 245kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo . :.. .:. Url.........: http://www.bar-none.com ' ' , ________ ________ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / # title time \ / \/ \/ 1. Intro 1:03 2. Shadow of the Cross 2:47 3. Solidified 2:35 4. Hole 2:58 5. Painted in the Sound 3:43 6. You 2:51 7. Laughing on the Inside 3:11 8. Big Room Melt Decay 3:22 9. Split Into 3:36 10. Closed View 3:40 11. Bonus Track 2:44 ______ \ / ________ Runtime 32:30 ,\ /... . . .... .... \ / ' Size 60.68 ______ :\/ ', \ / , \ / ' '... ..\ /.. .. .....:. .. .... .. . ..\ /. : Release Notes: \/ , \/ , ' ' ,: Justus Proffit knows that world better than most, having grown :, : up in the cityÆs underground punk scene. A lifer at 25, Proffit : :' started playing in bands at 13, touring at 16, and running his ': ,: own DIY space by 22. Living and creating on the fringe has :, : deeply informed his work as an artistùthe 2016 EP Magic, the : :' 2017 EP UPS/DOWNS, his recent collaboration with Soundcloud ': ,: breakout Jay Som, NothingÆs Changedùbut never more powerfully :, : than on his debut full-length, the tellingly titled L.A.Æs Got : :' Me Down (Bar/None Records, March 2019). ': ,: :, : A mixture of new material and songs heÆs written over the past : :' few years, L.A.Æs Got Me Down explores a tumultuous time in ': ,: ProffitÆs life, one punctuated by the loss of close friends to :, : drug overdoses, a war with personal demons, and the more mundane : :' aspects of being an artist in a city as notoriously standoffish ': ,: as Los Angeles. ôItÆs a very, very tricky city,ö Proffit. says. :, : ôYouÆre trying your hardest and not getting back as much as you : :' thought. IÆm not saying I deserve this or that. At the end of ': ,: the day, itÆs just music. I do it for fun.ö :, : : :' Given the darkness that permeates much of L.A.Æs Got Me Down, ': ,: ôfunö seems an odd descriptor, but the album doesnÆt wallow. :, : Anything that can be described as ômy æBack in BlackÆöùas : :' Proffit calls ôShadow of the CrossöùwonÆt be a slog. After his ': ,: more subdued EPs, he had no intention of keeping the intensity :, : down. ôI wanted to come out with a rock record this time,ö : :' Proffit says. ôIÆm happy to start playing loud music again.ö ': ,: :, : Even as Proffit navigates a minefield of loss and regret, L.A.Æs : :' Got Me Down never loses its propulsive, toe-tapping edge. ': ,: ôShadow of the Crossö boasts the biggest, catchiest chorus of :, : ProffitÆs career, and the sunny guitars of ôPainted in the : :' Soundö reflect the lovelorn lyrics at its center. Listeners ': ,: will undoubtedly hear echoes of Heatmiser-era Elliott Smith, and :, : ôHoleö recalls NirvanaÆs ôDumbö in sound and theme. But the : :' vision is singularly ProffitÆs; he played every instrument as ': ,: he and producer/engineer Alex Resoagli recorded during off-hours :, : at various LA studios over the course of six months. : :' ': ,: ôThe whole record, the dynamic was just me and himùno one else :, : came in,ö Proffit says. ôWe would record it at like 12 at night : :' because it was free for us to do that, so it was a really long ': ,: process because it would be like four hours at a time,ö Profit :, : says. ôIÆm so stoked that itÆs finished, but yeah, I wouldnÆt do : :' that again. It was definitely stressful at the end.ö ': ,: :, : Also stressful: two different calamities that followed the : :' albumÆs completion. First, Proffit nearly died last spring when ': ,: he tore his esophagus, a dire but ultimately treatable result of :, : his excessive drinking and partying. The second speaks more to : :' the themes of L.A.Æs Got Me DownùitÆs right on the cover. The ': ,: two neighborhood kids silhouetted on it robbed ProffitÆs :, : home/DIY performance space just weeks after taking the photo. : :' Worse, after he confronted them, they smashed his car so bad it ': ,: was totaled. :, : : :' ôThose photos, I just liked that it was us as homies kicking ': ,: it,ö Proffit says. ôIt ended up working out in a way because I :, : ended up cutting them out of the picture and giving the album : :' more of a theme. ThereÆs a theme around it where you get in ': ,: that negative circle and it spirals.ö :, : : :' Proffit credits cutting other toxic people out of his life for ': ,: keeping him happy and healthy these days. Maybe L.A. wonÆt get :, : him down next time around. : :' ': ,: ôIÆve gone through a lot of things in my life, more than some. I :, : donÆt dwell on it. But thatÆs what happened. It is what it is,ö : :' he says. ôL.A.Æs Got Me Down focuses on that so much. Maybe the ': ,: next one wonÆtùmaybe the next one will be chill!ö :, : : :' ': : ' '.. ..' .. . :........... . . . . ............: . . ______________ ______________ \ / \ / \ / Shout out to all our homies from: \ / \ / \ / \ / iPC BOSS HiT2000 1way UKi i8 RNS \ / \ / RAGEMP3 MANDY DV8 pLAN9 BUTT \ / \ / \ / \/ ____ ____ \/ \ / F A N G \ / \/ 2 0 1 9 \/