Jackson Carroll packages human condition on ‘Name It After Me’

Jackson Carroll takes the reins on his musical journey in debut EP ‘Name It After Me’. The six track offering featuring recent single Happyman, and previous singles How Does it Feel? and Holy Hell accentuates Carroll’s addictive husky vocal framed by the depth and richness of his song-writing. 

Within the common thread of being hoisted by gripping guitars, Carroll zeroes in on his versatility with shades of indie-rock, and folkier, grassroots styles culminating throughout the EP. Propelling his adaptability even further into the limelight, Carroll’s song-writing is stout, threading together a complete narrative or vulnerability, optimism, desire and sensitivity. 

Previously released singles Holy Hell and How Does it Feel? put forward Carroll’s ability to use narratives to channel fear and angst with true humanity. Smokey Glass Wall and Little Game amplify the singer’s depth as he divulges deeper into the human condition, displaying his apt for self-awareness and candour. 

Dichotomous to the intricacies and moments of introspection on ‘Name It After Me’, the singer leaves room for a jolly sentiment of optimism in the speedy, up-beat Happyman. Of the track, Carroll states, “this is the first product that I have no anxiety, no hesitation about showing off to people… Everything about this song and everything attached to it excites me to no end”. 

Accompanying the track is a visual created with Carroll, alongside filmmaker Joel Bryant. The concept for the video “carried a lot with it. The video needed to be something really spectacular in the literal sense of the word”, says Jackson Carroll.

To translate the infectious, uplifting sense of the track, “it had to be special. I worked it over in my head for months, went through a whole bunch of ideas. We aimed to do something that wasn’t overplayed, something that hadn’t been done before, something that wasn’t immediately obvious. I’m not sure if we fully achieved that, but the concept we landed on seemed novel to us”, he explains. 

In a mere six songs, Jackson Carroll musters up the strength to share his creative identity to the world in its entirety. As he draws on unease, self-discovery and hope, Carroll packages and delivers the turbulence of being human, giving his musicality the foundations to thrive.