Jamin Lee Kunkel Strips Things to the Wood on 'We Can Shine Like the Moon'
New Jersey solo act trades heavy production for a bare-bones bedroom psych drift.
By 40MAG ยท
Jamin Lee Kunkel tracked 'We Can Shine Like the Moon' straight to Waveform Free in his bedroom with just a HyperX mic, ditching drum tracks entirely to let the chords hang in the open air. Without a beat keeping time, the track leans on an electric guitar pitched down an octave to fake a bassline while reverb-heavy vocal lines slowly stack up. It smells like early Alex G four-track experiments and quiet Syd Barrett wanderings, unbothered by commercial shine or clean edits.
By keeping the arrangements fragile and uncluttered, Kunkel lets the cracks in the recording do the heavy lifting. The result is a slow, hypnotic piece of homebrewed psych that feels completely unhurried.