192 Greg Jamie - I'd Get Away

tom johnson

13 Aug 2025 — 1 min read

Greg Jamie is a devotee of dark weirdness

In the notes that introduce us to the brand new album from Greg Jamie, they describe the Portland, Maine songwriter as "an established devotee of dark weirdness" – a descriptor that feels both absolutely true while, devoid of context, also conjure images that aren't always accurate. What I'm saying is that Greg Jamie's music is also supremely beautiful and inviting, even if the invite comes from a single hand beckoning you into the fog rather than a bright, wide smile.

The aforementioned new album is called Across A Violet Pasture, and it's announced today, for an October release on the ever-excellent Orindal Records. The lead single, and opening track, is 'I'd Get Away', a hovering four-minutes that is a little dark and a little weird and is also immediately captivating, the slight warble of it all, the gentle tendencies of its parts and intonation; a Bonnie 'Prince' Billy twisting of otherwise plaintive words and ways.

It feels pertinent to mention that Josephine Foster guests on the new ten-song album, another songwriter with an uncanny and confounding ability to twist time and place in on themselves, to transport somewhere both familiar and alien in the same breath.

There's an immediate sense that there will be so much more to say about this album, so many more roads to travel with it, but as introductions go 'I'd Get Away' is perfect (in all of its imperfections); a little weary, and quietly haunting in a way you can't quite express or even understand. I sat with it and tried, and all that came to mind: it's really, really good – in all of its dark weirdness and more.

Listen to 'I'd Get Away' on the GFP blog here

Explore the album and pre-order via Bandcamp

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