Grizzly Bear have gotten around the past few years; the strength of the 2005 album Yellow House and 2007 friend EP have taken them from the most popular festival circuits to the Letterman show. As if that wasn’t enough, they’ve been taking breaks in between to record Veckatimest, an album named after the Martha’s Vineyard adjacent island. Critically, the Bears have been proclaimed as heroes for their mix of atmospheric acoustic instrumentation with four person vocal harmonies reminiscent of Spector-era girl groups. Rave reviews of their shows as well as snippets of Veckatimest songs performed live has set the stage for one of the most anticipated releases of 2009.       

 It’s been four years since Jason Myles Goss released an album – and in those four years a lot has happened.  In 2006 Jason packed his bags and moved from the Boston music scene to Brooklyn, NY to further explore his musical talents. In New York Jason successfully mapped out his new world, a place where certain beauty revealed itself amongst flaws. A place where Jason found the fervor to write, sip coffee and write some more, and where a front row seat to tranquility was only an admission ticket and Ferris wheel ride away. In fact, it was a visit to Coney Island where Jason’s latest album, “A Plea for Dreamland” began to take shape.

      “When I first came to Brooklyn I went down to Coney Island and became fascinated by it and started reading about its history,” Jason explains. “It’s this sort of place that is very sacred but kind of fundamentally flawed and sort of wounded. I wanted that same kind of palpable feeling that I had at Coney Island to reflect on the record itself. Something that can still be very valuable, but not earth shattering: not perfect. And maybe even more valuable because of its flaws.”