Bill Jr. Jr. is the project of Vancouver-based singer-songwriter Russell Gendron, who released his third album Homebody on January 26th. He’s recently released an official music video for single “Blue.”
It’s a dreamy alt-country song made with some intimate qualities that have traces of bedroom pop and even 90s slacker rock. Think Mac DeMarco mixed with Cass Mccombs.
Gendron had the following to say about the creation of “Blue”:
“Blue” is about how I imagined I’d feel if I didn’t move with my partner to Montreal. She had a school thing coming up over there and I had my life thing here and so I had to make a decision to stay, or to go with. Writing the song was a way for me to get closer to my decision: I realized that I’d be so “bluuuuuueee” if I stayed around here doing the same old stuff, so I took the plunge. “Blue” is a sort of a country song but made strange or “off”, which is why I like it so much. It’s a twanged out and lush version of a known and old timey idea.
Enjoy the video for “Blue” below.
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