BIG TALK is the forthcoming new album from Jarrod Dickenson (3rd February on Hooked Records), and, as the press for his third studio album reveals, the journey to BIG TALK has been a defiant one:
After a major label deal-gone-bad threatened to choke off his career, Covid complications left him with a life-long medical condition, and the Trump era sought to eviscerate the notion that America might still be that shining city on a hill, Dickenson would have certainly been forgiven for retreating to his Nashville home to lick wounds and maybe write a collection of introspective self-pity anthems. Instead, the hardships and infuriation of recent years have only added steel to the resolve of an artist already willing to do it the hard way, prepared to stand in the face of a music business that shows dwindling regard for the brand of artistry that first inspired him to pick up a guitar and sing for his life.
Dickenson says “Prefer To Lose finds the main character lamenting his own perpetual tendency to self-sabotage. ‘I’ve mastered the art of throwing it all away’, he says, though not with sadness, but rather with playful resignation. He is who he is. He couldn’t change if he wanted to… and he’s not sure he wants to.”
Backed by an infectious soulful groove, Prefer to Lose zooms out to look at the bigger picture and highlights how shifting your perspective on life can transform dilemmas and challenges into positive outcomes.
In celebration of the album release, Dickenson has announced a series of UK dates in March 2023 (see below).
JARROD DICKENSON UK 2023 TOUR DATES
March 23 – Brighton, UK – Tickets Here
March 24 – Norwich, UK – Tickets Here
March 25 – London, UK – Tickets Here
March 27 – Shrewsbury, UK – Tickets Here
March 28 – Liverpool, UK – Tickets Here
March 29 – Newcastle, UK – Tickets Here
March 30 – Glasgow, UK – Tickets Here
March 31 – Belfast, UK – Tickets Here
Pre-save/Pre-Order Big Talk here: https://orcd.co/bigtalk