JPHONO1 PRESS
"The evening was opened by Jphono1, the artistic moniker of Carrboro NC-based John Harrison. With at least 15 releases under his belt, the prolific and criminally underrated Jphono1 played a set that pulled from across his varied influences, but seemed to focus mostly on fuzzy meditative folk-pop and rollicking psychedelia."
Concertaddicts.com
Concertaddicts.com
...relaxed, gradually evolving guitar jams that combine Buffalo Springfield/CSN&Y canyon-rock with 13th Floor Elevators/Pink Floyd psychedelic, and hints of Ride/Antietam dreampop (and, on “Leaves Like Butterflies from Slow Clap to Applause,” krautrock, prog, free jazz, and funk)...
Big Takeover Magazine
Big Takeover Magazine
The Daily Tarheel Interview
Quarantuned With The Good Graces (podcast interview)
Quarantuned Episode #1
Personal Touch w/ DJ Paddles (podcast interview)
Personal Touch
Coronatose Podcast w/ Jon Gregory (podcast interview)
Coronatose
There are Beach Boys on downers harmonies, ragged stoner guitar sounds and sense of not needing to be anywhere in a hurry.
Post To Wire
It's a sound that reminds you of all the strengths of the previous Jphono1 records, but also one that breaks new and exciting ground for an act already putting out some of the best music in the Triangle.
Triangle Music Collective
The tune nestles frantic guitar phrasing in melodic simplicity, and the unadorned directness of the vocals is contrasted with wordy lyrics that are nevertheless plain in their emotional legibility. Though it's streaked with trippy vibes, it's a clear, clean song where you can see straight down to the bottom.
IndyWeek
"this is my new puppy George Harrison".......hear Jphono1 say this and so much more on the
Pedal Fuzz Podcast
Harrison’s playing seems to borrow from American Primitive and some of the more lush layers of Ben Chasny or Steve Gunn to take these songs in surprising places, and the band behind him locks in with a swampy thump, as if Gram Parsons’ Cosmic America took through Appalachia.
Popmatters (phuzz phest show review)
Time In The Chevron is the first full-band release under that name; it's just as deliciously layered and shivery and complex as all Jphono1 tunes that have come before.
Speakers In Code
There are several long passages where the listener — and no doubt Harrison — lose themselves among the translucent synths and casual but welcoming weirdness before Harrison moves to expand on a world that feels both virtual and intimate at the same time. “Now that you’re here/ Don’t freak out,” he asks on “Don’t Freak Out” as the entire arrangement seems written for the sole purpose of counting time. That is, until a wash of Floydian noise assures that it is in fact okay to do so.
YES Weekly
The brilliant "Don't Freak Out" repeats a sweet little mantra about love before flying from the rails for two minutes, scrambles of noise cutting wide ruts across the simple melody. When he's done with the din, Harrison returns to that starry-eyed refrain: "Now that you're here," he offers, "don't freak out/ just fall in love."
Indyweek "Know Your Clouds" Review
Jphono1 excels at combining traditional songwriting with noisier landscapes. Living Is Easy proves to be full of great songs on the surface, but with a lot more substance underneath.
4.5 outta 5 stars from The Daily Tarheel
Quarantuned Episode #1
Personal Touch w/ DJ Paddles (podcast interview)
Personal Touch
Coronatose Podcast w/ Jon Gregory (podcast interview)
Coronatose
There are Beach Boys on downers harmonies, ragged stoner guitar sounds and sense of not needing to be anywhere in a hurry.
Post To Wire
It's a sound that reminds you of all the strengths of the previous Jphono1 records, but also one that breaks new and exciting ground for an act already putting out some of the best music in the Triangle.
Triangle Music Collective
The tune nestles frantic guitar phrasing in melodic simplicity, and the unadorned directness of the vocals is contrasted with wordy lyrics that are nevertheless plain in their emotional legibility. Though it's streaked with trippy vibes, it's a clear, clean song where you can see straight down to the bottom.
IndyWeek
"this is my new puppy George Harrison".......hear Jphono1 say this and so much more on the
Pedal Fuzz Podcast
Harrison’s playing seems to borrow from American Primitive and some of the more lush layers of Ben Chasny or Steve Gunn to take these songs in surprising places, and the band behind him locks in with a swampy thump, as if Gram Parsons’ Cosmic America took through Appalachia.
Popmatters (phuzz phest show review)
Time In The Chevron is the first full-band release under that name; it's just as deliciously layered and shivery and complex as all Jphono1 tunes that have come before.
Speakers In Code
There are several long passages where the listener — and no doubt Harrison — lose themselves among the translucent synths and casual but welcoming weirdness before Harrison moves to expand on a world that feels both virtual and intimate at the same time. “Now that you’re here/ Don’t freak out,” he asks on “Don’t Freak Out” as the entire arrangement seems written for the sole purpose of counting time. That is, until a wash of Floydian noise assures that it is in fact okay to do so.
YES Weekly
The brilliant "Don't Freak Out" repeats a sweet little mantra about love before flying from the rails for two minutes, scrambles of noise cutting wide ruts across the simple melody. When he's done with the din, Harrison returns to that starry-eyed refrain: "Now that you're here," he offers, "don't freak out/ just fall in love."
Indyweek "Know Your Clouds" Review
Jphono1 excels at combining traditional songwriting with noisier landscapes. Living Is Easy proves to be full of great songs on the surface, but with a lot more substance underneath.
4.5 outta 5 stars from The Daily Tarheel