As I heard the cry of the slide guitar, I thought Jaguar Jonze was a country artist. But those distinctive instruments don’t tell the full story. While there’s a Southern twang to her latest single “You Got Left Behind,” her haunting voice takes the song somewhere different. Then there are those orchestral strings adding another layer of drama. These elements shouldn’t work in harmony, but there they are.
“’You Got Left Behind’ is about a few things – namely growing up and seeing people have a resistance to do so,” Jaguar Jonze explained. “With that came the torment of watching loved ones fall into a cycle of self-victimisation, self-harm and self-medication. I wrote the song around the time I was drawing a particular piece for my artistic project, Spectator Jonze.”
Despite never playing in front of a live audience before, Jaguar Jonze has been invited to performance at the Singapore Music Matters Festival and International Indie Music Festival in Indonesia. She’s just that good. In between she’ll launch the single for hometown audiences in Brissie. Catch Jaguar Jonze before everyone learns how special she is.
7-12 September 2018 – Music Matters Festival, Singapore
14 September 2018 – The Foundry, Brisbane (Single launch)
26 September – 1 October 2018 – International Indie Music Festival, Indonesia