Born in Cleveland, Ohio and now Kansas City-based musician and producer Justin John Scheck uses an MPC controller, keyboard, guitar and computer to make his own style of experimental alternative music that blends elements of hip hop, indie rock and pop styles. Prior to working as a solo artist under his own name, he bounced around the midwest where he lent his sonic talents to various projects.
When living in Illinois, he met Jim Johnson and formed The Cordeliers in the 2000s before linking up with Will Bulka, Greg Hayes, David Polsky and Ben Huey in Wisconsin to create the outfit Crooks And Children with Ben later joining The Cordeliers. More recently spending the last decade as a hermit in North Dakota and now Missouri, he’s been working on his solo endeavour.
Donating all the proceeds from his site to Hope House in Kansas City, he helps the charity in their important work breaking the cycle of domestic violence and providing safety and support to victims. “My life has been affected and shaped in many ways by violence and abuse. It’s a mission very dear to my heart,” he shares.
This year he’s been taking steps with his first studio releases as Justin John Scheck, sharing a series of works in ‘The Blue Collar Diaries’, dropping his debut album From the Cradle in April he’s already back just six months later with his sophomore record titled A Drunk Monk’s Morning Daydreams On A Distant Planet Far Far Away Right About Now. Lifted from the new double-sided LP, he brings us his single “Out Of Sorts”.
Fitting into the wider scope of the album’s context of a drunk monk coming to the end of his life having lost his faith and filled with regret about leaving his true love for the church, “Out Of Sorts” offers a daydream about youth and being madly in love. Full of spacey sonic textures and compelling melodic writing, with his new single, Justin John Scheck delivers an engrossing sound that serves to showcase his creativity and musical talent, further building excitement around his new solo artist journey.
Listen to Out Of sorts below
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