Jonny Strykes: Stripped Strykes Vol. I

Jonny Strykes, nom-de-plume of Nashville-based musician and producerJon Loyd, set up shop @ Rapport Records to record three stripped down songs for Stripped Strykes Vol. I: Painted Love, Love In Your Eyes, and Save Yourself. These back to basics renditions - piano and vocals - were pretty much how these songs were written, so he could relax and have only a bit of studio trickery added to his voice. Quiet intensity captured by a couple of fly-on-the-wall cameras.

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HCTF review of the Painted Love EP.

HCTF premiere - Jonny Strykes: Painted Love EP

Jonny Strykes, nom-de-plume of Jon Loyd, a Nashville-based musician and producer, takes it slow on his new EP Painted Love. The title track has a late-night Tex-Mex Flavour and B-side Save Yourself is a modern day torch song, that is too smart for an easy listening label and too smooth for pop. Strykes skirts the mainstream, having found an adjacent road to get where he wanted to go.

The Painted Love EP is released via Rapport Records. Release date: April 14th.