News: Jen Mize & The Rough N’ Tumble are back.

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Jen Mize & The Rough N’ Tumble are back.

‘DOUBLE TALK’
the first single from their sophomore album is out now.

The 8-piece 2023 QMA winning outfit impressed music lovers right around the country with their sensational self-titled debut released in 2023. Serving up an innovative mix of soulful blues, funk laden roots and Americana with swagger, substance and feel, ‘Double Talk’ kicks right back in where the band left off.

Jen Mize grew up with a loose unit for a father. ‘My dad, Dan, was a bit of a known entity in Las Vegas in the early eighties. Dad was the kind of guy who would walk up to the toughest fella in the bar, and with no provocation ask him if wanted to step outside just to see who was tougher. He admittedly got his ass handed to him more than once, but that was just who he was. A cowboy (with a way with the ladies) who might of had a few screws loose’ reflects Mize.

‘How he ended up with my saint of a mom no one has ever understood, but by the time I came along he was turning out to be a pretty great dad.’ Mize continues ‘Dad wanted to prepare me for the potholes of the world. So, he warned me off guys like him.’

When talking about how Double Talk came into the world Mize says ‘They say ‘write what you know’, and ‘you don’t have to have a good memory if you never tell a lie’… I really feel like when I’m doing that, lyrics and melodies pour out of me at a furious speed that I can barely keep up with. After writing the verse and chorus of this one, I felt it was time to open it up to the fellas in the band for a possible cowrite so, into the dropbox folder it went in hopes that someone would bite.’

After hearing Jen Mize’s initial draft of Double Talk Jeremy Edwards wanted in. ‘Maybe it was the Stones of it all.’ says Edwards ‘Maybe it was the killer chorus melody. Maybe I wanted a chance, now as the father of a teenage lad, to lay a few things out clear and straight for my son.’ Jen was thrilled – she says of Edwards “I feel like the universe sent me Jeremy Edwards as a gift. Like I must have done something right in this life or the one before. I couldn’t conceive of a better-suited collaborator for making our music, for good times, vibes, laughter, skill set and dedication to our vision.”

The second verse of JM & Rough N’ Tumble’s first single from their upcoming new album flips the narrative to a male perspective. A floored male, warning his son against making the same mistakes he made and coming clean about a few, let’s admit, wayward decisions. Again, it’s the strength of the writing when Mize and Edwards combine, that brings out the gold. That includes when they’re singing together full tilt.

Double Talk is out now via Pathfinder Music.

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