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Post-rock band Jagged City, featuring Jake Woodruff (Defeater) and Carlos Torres (former touring member of Explosions In The Sky) have unveiled their new single ‘Ocean East, Ocean West’. This is the second single taken from their debut EP, There Are More of Us, Always, to be released on 30th January via Pelagic Records.

Stream here: https://orcd.co/jaggedcity

There Are More of Us, Always is a bold collection that moves between spacious, melodic guitar passages and raucous, swelling climbs. With heartfelt, melodious songwriting, a diverse range of eclectic touches buried within, and eruptions of dense, layered sound, this record delivers wonderfully balanced compositions through raw and personal production.

The project began as a cross-continental art experiment between Jake Woodruff (Defeater) and Carlos Torres (former touring member of Explosions In The Sky). What started as a simple exchange of ideas quickly found real shape through collaborative composition and thoughtful arrangement. Early sessions with David Haik helped refine the songs’ structures and drum frameworks, setting the groundwork for what would become Jagged City’s striking debut.

“We wrote with pure instinct, just tried to add something new to a genre that we love. As we traded ideas, we took some left turns and incorporated elements that may be unexpected.“ commented Woodruff.

When it came time to record, scheduling issues led to an inspired change of plans. Urian Hackney joined the project both behind the kit and behind the board, engineering and performing the drum parts that propel the record. In two intense days at The Box studio in Burlington, VT, Jake and Urian captured the core of the album with an immediacy and urgency that remain audible in every take. 

Carlos recorded bass in Los Angeles alongside longtime musical colleague Michael James (Explosions In The Sky), while Jake added further guitar textures from his home studio, creating layers that thread the compositions together.

This debut is both a statement of intent and an open invitation: Jagged City offer music that rewards close listening and communal experience—an instrumental journey shaped by collaboration and a fierce commitment to feeling. While still post-rock, There Are More of Us, Always utilises a diverse range of influence, giving a freshness to each uniquely realised track.

“This record is a product of collaboration and love and creativity – we hope it inspires people to be connected and think collaboratively and creatively together. That’s the only way forward.” concludes Woodruff.

There Are More of Us, Always track list:

1.    (DON’T DREAM ITS OVER)
2.    IMAGINARY LINES
3.    RAIN AND SIRENS 
4.    OCEAN EAST, OCEAN WEST
5.    HAIRSPRING 
6.    MINUS POWER
7.    (DELUGE IN A PAPER CUP)

Jagged City are:

Jake Woodruff – guitar
Carlos Torres – bass
Urian Hackney drums & production
Featuring Takaakira Goto as guest guitarist on ‘Deluge in a Paper Cup’.

For more: https://www.instagram.com/jaggedcity