Jonny Telafone Romeo Must Cry

LP with download. 'Romeo Must Cry' is Jonny's first official album. The seductive first single 'The Prayer' is contrasted against the bleak fatalism of 'Inferno', the cyberpunk urgency of 'Carry Me Far Away' and the disarming sweetness of 'Strange World'. It's an intensely personal vision, with only a handful of outside contributions. 'Waking Up Crying' features a verse from rising LA rapper Bones, who featured an earlier version of the track on his 2013 mixtape 'Paid Programming'. The Ocean Party's Liam Halliwell plays guitar on the epic 'Inferno', and Sam McCusker of noiseniks Orbits shreds on 'Neuromancer'. 'The Prayer' was produced with Forces maverick Alex Akers, while title track 'Romeo Must Cry' (bookending the album in two distinct versions) was produced with Lachlan Thomas of Danger Beach/TV Colours. From start to finish, the album is a journey from innocence, love and hope, through to steely-eyed despair.