In recent months, we’ve covered a number of singles by Classic Trucks, AKA the solo endeavour of Langkamer‘s Josh Jarman, ahead of the release of debut EP, Century Songs. First back in March with ‘Letting In Too Much Light‘, then later follow-up single ‘Oil‘. Both tracks highlighted the exploratory nature of the project in their willingness to embrace juxtaposition, pairing warm sounds and dark lyrics in order to explore often intellectually hefty themes. Take the latter, what we called “a meditation on some of the grandest existential questions,” nodding towards everything from ideas of free will and nature vs. nurture to the apparent futility of life, “housed in a bright, pop-inflected brand of folk, […] highlighting Jarman’s ability to approach difficult subjects without being overwhelmed by their weight.”
With the release of the EP fast approaching on Breakfast Records, Classic Trucks has unveiled a third single, ‘Two Turn’. The song is no less ambitious in reach and assured in execution, confronting the dizzying speed of the modern world with a gentle rhythm and conversational tone. The result is disarmingly sincere and ultimately reflective, as though having passed through the worst of anxiety or else coming to realise it a fruitless pursuit, able at last to assess the situation with some degree of remove. And with that space comes a sense of possibility. If not conviction in a calmer time ahead then at least the potential to better cope with the flow. “’Two Turn’ is a song about change,” as Jarman explains. “Watching the world change around you and trying to keep up with it all. Trying to view change as a positive force. Trying to feel hopeful about the future.”