Jelly Oshen – Sounds of Oz

It’s starting to feel like summer is approaching. The days are longer, the warm weather seems like it’s sticking around, and I’m enjoying sticking my toes in the ocean and having weekend brunches at outdoor cafes. If you’re celebrating an early summer too, you’re going to love Jelly Oshen’s new track “Good Days.” This one is all about the good vibes, with a cool reggae-tinged R&B groove that I know you’re going to love. Jelly was inspired to write this after watching the last episode of The Office.

“There was a quote from the character I hated the most which said, ‘I wish there was a way to tell that you are in the good ole days, before you’ve actually left them…someone should make a song about that quote’, so I made a song about it. But in general, it’s about enjoying the moments before they pass,” he explained. “I used the usual process of thinking about the topic and emotions, creating the music to set the mood/tone and then write the lyrics as I go along. The difference in this song is that I didn’t line it with any lesson to learn besides that life can just be sad and hard and confusing and that’s just how it is sometimes, which in itself is still an important lesson I guess”.

Jelly will play Rolling Hills at Eatons Hill Hotel in Meeanjin/Brisbane on November 19 and Reggaetown Festival in Ngunbay/Kuranda on November 20.

Image used with permission from Footstomp Music

As the working week winds down, Cairns-based Jelly Oshen is bringing the chill vibes you need. His new single “Bordalonely” is a cool mix of R&B and indie-pop in the vein of Frank Ocean and Rex Orange County. He describes it as “island flava”, and who am I to argue? It sounds so smooth, but that’s more a testament to the quality of Jelly’s voice than technical wizardry.

“Most of my music is recorded at home with my stepdad,” he admitted. “My writing process is just making a poem and then creating a good music genre melody to fit, or vice versa. I was bored in lockdown and kinda lonely. My mum was imposing her own self-isolation on us, above and beyond any government rules, and this track sprung from that.”

Jelly Oshen has already supported some of the country’s hottest talents including Tones & I, Dami Im, and Ben Lee. Next up he’ll play a couple of cool festivals. Make sure you catch his set at the following events.

21 May 2022 – Festival of the Sun, Port Macquarie
19 November 2022 – Rolling Hills Festival, Brisbane

Image used with permission from Good Intent; credit: Bridie J Egan @bridies.journal

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Jelly Oshen Releases Your Summer Soundtrack, “Good Days”

Jelly Oshen Releases Laid-back Lockdown Tune, “Bordalonely”