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East My Love, the resplendent, country-tinged 12th album byCurrent Joys, feels familiar. It's meant to the 12 songs contained within divedeep into the rich folklore of the American West to tell time-worn tales of loveand trauma, heartbreak and spiritual renewal. Cast with a warm glow andfinding Current Joys' Nick Rattigan tapping into some of his lushest, mosthigh-fidelity production to date, it's the kind of album that listeners could seethemselves within, and, hopefully, keep close when they're most in need ofreassurance or escapism. For Rattigan, though, it's all that and more.Rattigan wrote East My Love alone in the woods in Tennessee, withno cell reception and nobody in earshot for miles. Composed three yearsbefore Love + Pop, the experimental pop double record he released in 2023and 2024, the songs on East My Love felt too raw to confront until he felt welland truly out from underneath the cloud that had been cast over him.Rattigan describes the songs as InchlandminesInch that, for years, threatened toupend his carefully balanced mental state. InchThey were just triggers thatwould put me back in this emotional space, and I think eventually I got to aplace where they were more comforting,Inch he recalls. InchThat's what I hopepeople find out of the record - a solace from any anxieties or depressions.InchAlong with that comfort comes pain, and an acknowledgementthat any repair requires some level of breakage. Lead single InchCalifornia RainInchacts like a tableau depicting Rattigan's attempt to escape his demons, it'splacid lyrics a distinct counterpoint to the tidal-wave production InchIsn't it niceto get away?/Clearing my head up, and dull away the pain.Inch It speaks to thealbum's constant coin-toss between peace and chaos InchIt's like you're trying tooutrun your demons, but at a certain point, they become your friend, and youhave to walk alongside them,Inc
