{"id":30550,"date":"2017-10-01T15:32:59","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T14:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=30550"},"modified":"2017-10-11T22:35:38","modified_gmt":"2017-10-11T21:35:38","slug":"30550-canadian-singer-jordan-klassen-releases-new-studio-album-big-intruder-and-announces-fall-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/10\/30550-canadian-singer-jordan-klassen-releases-new-studio-album-big-intruder-and-announces-fall-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Singer Jordan Klassen Releases New Studio Album &#8216;Big Intruder&#8217; And Announces Fall Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"30558\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/10\/30550-canadian-singer-jordan-klassen-releases-new-studio-album-big-intruder-and-announces-fall-tour\/jordan-klassen-12\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Jordan-Klassen-12.jpg?fit=2005%2C3024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2005,3024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;RITSU KOKI&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Jordan Klassen-12\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Jordan-Klassen-12.jpg?fit=640%2C965&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30558\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Jordan-Klassen-12.jpg?resize=640%2C965&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"965\" \/><\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Jordan Klassen, a decorated Canadian singer\/songwriter who has spent more than a decade quietly crafting music has released his new studio album, \u201cBig Intruder\u201d<em>,<\/em> released worldwide on September 22<sup>nd<\/sup> via Nevado Music.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0An album about growing up and making adult decisions, &#8216;Big Intruder&#8217; speaks to the dilemma of having an overwhelming array of choices available in life, and the doubt and caution that become excuses to avoid commitment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Consisting of eleven tracks including singles &#8216;Dominika&#8217; &#8211; a song about &#8220;watching friends suffer romantically at the hand of noncommittal people&#8221; &#8211; &#8216;Yer Care&#8217;, and &#8216;HouseFly&#8217;, all songs on this album are intimate and personal, guided by a sense of honesty and vulnerability.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"30559\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/10\/30550-canadian-singer-jordan-klassen-releases-new-studio-album-big-intruder-and-announces-fall-tour\/jordanklassen2017_rpick-2-copy\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/JordanKlassen2017_RPick-2-copy.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1492041001&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Rachel Pick&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;35&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"JordanKlassen2017_RPick-2 copy\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/JordanKlassen2017_RPick-2-copy.jpg?fit=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30559\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/JordanKlassen2017_RPick-2-copy.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Written, recorded and produced by Klassen himself, the sound of this album ventures away from the whimsical soundscapes of his past work and exude themes of growth and maturity, both in lyrics and sound. Stirring away from the cinematic sound he previously strived for, Klassen has tried to embrace the\u00a0idea of &#8220;band&#8221; on this record.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In support of the new album, Jordan Klassen will be touring this fall starting with a full European tour and select festival dates. \u00a0North American dates to be announced soon. Find information on tickets and tour dates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songkick.com\/artists\/3943661-jordan-klassen\/calendar\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Writing about his life experiences &#8211; particularly events that he had deemed as his failures &#8211; is one of the essential elements in Jordan\u2019s creative process.\u00a0 Beginning from his 2016 LP, Javelin followed by his recently released EP, &#8216;Curses&#8217;, and now &#8216;Big Intruder&#8217; all explore themes of mental illness and hushed vulnerability.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0Follow Jordan Klassen on his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jordanklassenmusic.com\/\">official website<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jordanklassenmusic\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JordanKlassen\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jordanklassen\/?hl=en\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Check out &#8216;Big Intruder&#8217; below.<\/p>\n<p><a>&#8220;&gt;http:\/\/<\/a><\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F341327911&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;visual=true&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;color=ff5500\"><\/iframe>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-indent: 20px;width: auto;padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px;text-align: center;font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;color: #ffffff;background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px;cursor: pointer\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-indent: 20px;width: auto;padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px;text-align: center;font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;color: #ffffff;background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px;cursor: pointer\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jordan Klassen, a decorated Canadian singer\/songwriter who has spent more than a decade quietly crafting music has released his new studio album, \u201cBig Intruder\u201d, released worldwide on September 22nd via Nevado Music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[11567,11569,11568,11566,11018,11571,144,77,370,103,11570],"class_list":["post-30550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-releases","tag-big-intruder","tag-dominika","tag-housefly","tag-jordan-klassen","tag-malvika-padin","tag-nevado-music","tag-new-album","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-tour","tag-yer-care"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-7WK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":50574,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/06\/jeremie-albino-hard-time\/","url_meta":{"origin":30550,"position":0},"title":"Jeremie Albino &#8211; &#8216;Hard Time&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"13\/06\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"From the very first note of his song, 'Hard Time', sweet-singing Jeremie Albino reminds us of the laid back and hazy tracks of Creedence Clearwater Revival. 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