Young Jesus The Whole Thing Is Just There

In the 1980 documentary "Philip Guston: A Life Lived," the famed neo-expressionist
talks about a painting he keeps starting over. "It looked alright_but it felt to me as if
it were additions_this and that and that," he says. "What I'm always seeking is some
great simplicity where the whole thing is just there." "That, to me, is the ideal feeling
of existing," says John Rossiter, singer and guitarist of the LA-based art rock quartet
Young Jesus. "That feeling you pursue when you're creating, when the world is
opening up and things are on the cusp of beauty and revelation, but it's just out of
reach. To maintain that in the face of depressing or dicult stu is what I'd like to be
able to do." This pursuit is what drives Young Jesus, and it's documented on their
upcoming record The Whole Thing Is Just There. On The Whole Thing, which takes
its name from the late painter's words, Young Jesus combines a palette of indie rock
instrumentation with a spirit of unhindered spontaneity to construct_and
deconstruct_emo-tionally potent and inventive sonic landscapes. Imbued with a
sense of both desperation and discovery, each track unfolds like a deep sea voyage:
beginning on the familiar ground of a conventional song structure before setting sail
for the open waters of instrumental experimentation and plumbing the depths of the
unknown in search of some conceptual treasure before heading back to port.