JCCG: “I Like it Here (With You)”

How does one face the morning after a night of spiral downs? Portuguese guitarist/composer JCCG (AKA Mediafired, The Exhalers, and Sofa Pits) has a guess. He dances ‘tween every day brutality and ideals of beauty on a brand new song from an album called Lancil. His track “I Like it Here (With You)” is like the sound of the struggle for redemption after seriously fucking up. Admitting mistakes is not an easy thing to do, but the angular wobble of his lead guitar gives the listener permission to say, “Yes, I love ya baby… sorry I can’t buy ya pretty things.”

JCCG’s tune is propelled by a strutting Travolta electro-beat and washes of atonal color/sound, but the main attraction is the lead instrument, the guitar. Simply put, “I Like it Here (With You)” is basically a two and a half minute feature for free ranging note runs and wandering fret action. The electricity in the recording room must have been hot that day because this is some slick improvising (if it is indeed improv, but it could be composed?). The short length of the piece cries out for more exploration. Fans will just have to seek out the full-length tape to find out if romance is forever, but judging from the tone of JCCG’s axe, life is hard.

You can grab the tape from JCCG etc.’s own Exo Tapes and listen to more on Soundcloud

Written by Jeff Daily