Jack Gray Shares the Title Track From His Forthcoming Debut Album ‘Swimming In Jeans’

If you’re not already familiar with LA-based Australian singer-songwriter Jack Gray, there’s still time to jump on the bandwagon before his star skyrockets.

The emerging singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist has got people talking overseas as he prepares for the release of his debut album Swimming In Jeans, out Friday 11 September via Island Records Australia.

Produced and performed almost entirely by Gray, Swimming In Jeans was predominantly recorded over the past 12 months, with many of the songs written across the past three years.

Less produced than his earlier work, Gray says, “with this record I just wanted to put the blinders on and trust my gut.”

Consisting of 12 tracks exploring life as a young man in his early twenties, the record includes the previously released singles ‘Look At You’, ‘Tattoos’ (co-written with Peach PRC), ‘Drive Her Home’, ‘Bluffin’, ‘Dumb Sh*t’ and the just-released title track ‘Swimming In Jeans’.

Labelled as Gray’s most reflective single yet, the track features pedal steel and Gray’s warm harmonies, with the song’s lyrics open to interpretation. Press material cites ‘Swimming In Jeans’ as the centrepiece of the record and the “perfect metaphor for the last few years” of Gray’s life as a working musician navigating his twenties.

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Mackay-born Gray is returning home in September to celebrate the release of Swimming In Jeans with a national tour accompanied by Jenzen Guino.

Before touching down in Oz, Gray plays a special show in New Zealand at Auckland’s The Tuning Fork on Friday 4 September. The Australian leg of the tour begins in Perth at The Y HQ on Saturday 5 September, followed by shows at Adelaide’s Lion Arts Factory on Sunday 6 September, Melbourne’s Northcote Social Club on Thursday 10 September and Sydney’s Waywards Ballroom on Friday 11 September, with the tour wrapping up in Brisbane on Saturday 12 September at Black Bear Lodge.

Fresh from touring the Philippines and supporting breakout UK star Freya Skye on her recent Australian tour, Gray’s run of headline shows are not to be missed.

Catch Jack Gray performing at Lion Arts Factory on Saturday 6 September. Tickets on sale here. Swimming In Jeans is out Friday 11 September via Island Records Australia. Pre-order here.