Denim Mob Releases His Debut EP [Q&A].
Interviewed by: Sarah Evangelista
Just after releasing one single last year, Jackson Zabransky, also known by the stage name of Denim Mob has gained lots of success from his music. To introduce himself to the new year, he released his debut EP today, and I got the chance to chat with the indie artist on his four track project. Read below,
If Not Now, When is your first release of the year, as well being your debut EP, why do you feel like releasing an EP is a great way to sort of "introduce yourself" to the new year?
I think there are a couple reasons why I felt that an EP was the best way to throw myself back into the swing of things. First of these I think was the delay from the first single. I didn't really know what to come back with after “Psylocin” dropped, and found myself in a rut for quite a while. It was hard to follow something I had felt so proud of without being worried what would come next. At some point, I knew it was time to settle down and put something out, and I felt that the songs that defined a lot of my past couple years would be the perfect way to do it.
Your first single is also the first song on the track list, was that intentional, or did you just like the way the songs were placed?
I've thought over the track list a couple times, and to be honest some songs were swapped for others in the end. The EP goes into multiple different feelings over the four tracks, and I always felt like the first single was the most energetic. I find my music taste all over the place, and in turn my writing, so I wanted the energy of each track to flow in a cohesive manner into the next. I can only hope that's what I achieved!
Where did the name Denim Mob come from?
Denim Mob is an homage to the house shows we've hosted at Rowan University. The past couple years have been a blur of shows thrown by any one of the now numerous organizations at school that support local music, and at each one were hoards of kids wearing denim of any kind; jackets, jeans, hats, you name it. It's really a unifying fabric for a lot of different kinds of people, and I found that to be pretty cool. So as an homage, the project was named Denim Mob.
Your sound could be described as many different genres mixed together, but if you were to describe your music as an animal, which one would it be and why?
Oh boy that's a good question. I think taking the fact that my music is all over the place genre-wise, an animal of the same caliber would match. So I'd have to probably have to say a liger, because it's the combination of a lion and a tiger. I feel like I combine the genres I find powerful, just like the two most powerful cats I know of. At least I like to think so...
You could describe Denim Mob’s music by many different genres and now even by an animal, but I could say without a doubt that his style is original and incredibly good. Stream If Not Now, When here.