“It brings me down when you get in my head,” Stolen Jars’ vocalist Sarah Coffey opens the Brooklyn band’s transformative track ‘Smoke In The House’ with a sense of exhaust and desperation. She’s grieving the loss of a big love, but like most tracks on their upcoming album, by about halfway through, the entire mood and energy shifts into something more hopeful and exhilarating.

“Jack says I’m changing, it’s not just the lexapro.” Now, she’s moved on and left behind all the pain this former love caused; a radiant metamorphosis that’s mirrored in the music itself.

Mixed and co-produced by Hop Along‘s Joe Reinhart, I Won’t Let Me Down is a high-energy, indie-pop record that pulls from the best of all its parts. Its grandiose blend of ethereal harmonies and edgy synth beats make for a distinctly inviting listening experience, and the most crystalline music the band has made to date.

“Smoke In The House” is one of the many standout moments on Stolen Jars’ forthcoming album I Won’t Let Me Down, out August 4.

Formed in 2009 as a solo project for Fitzgerald, Stolen Jars has existed in many forms but none quite as realized as it is now. The undeniable songwriting compatibility between Fitzgerald, Coffey, and guitarist Elias Spector-Zabusky, as well as the instrumental additions of drummer Isaiah Hazzard, and keyboardist Grant Meyer, are on full display here, building on the band’s history in equal step.

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