mxdwn PREMIERE: Handsome Jack Have “Got It Bad” In Bittersweet New Ballad

Sometimes all you really need when you’re down about a failing relationship is a straightforward heartbreak song. “Got It Bad” by Handsome Jack, which we have the pleasure of premiering today, is just that sort of remedy. It’s yearning instrumentals and from-the-heart lyrics are all about the bittersweet feeling of being in a dysfunctional relationship and turning a blind eye because as they say, you’ve just “got it bad.”

Upstate New York band Handsome Jack will be releasing Everything’s Gonna Be Alright on October 19, 2018. “Got It Bad” is the last song on the record and makes for a quiet complement to the more boogie-ing, funky-Southern-soul inspired moments heard on earlier tracks.

“In ‘Got It Bad’ I’m recalling a memory that I think a lot of people can relate to,” said guitarist/vocalist Jamison Passuite.”When you’re in love and things just aren’t working out, you can turn a blind eye to that reality. The story at the beginning draws you in and the horns at the end really drive home a powerful bittersweet feeling.”

Everything’s Gonna Be Alright Track List

1. “Keep On”
2. “City Girls”
3. “Getting Stronger”
4. “Baby Be Cool”
5. “Holding Out”
6. “Bad Blood”
7. “Everything’s Gonna Be Alright”
8. “Why Do I Love You The Way I Do”
9. “Hey Mama”
10. “Do You Dig It”
11. “Got It Bad”

The band, which includes bassist/vocalist Joey Verdonselli and drummer/vocalist Bennie Hayes in addition to Passuite, will be hitting the road at the end of 2018 in support of Everything’s Gonna Be Alright. They’ll be touring with the excellent psych-rock band All Them Witches, whose own Ben McLeod served as producer on Handsome Jack’s new LP. The two bands will be playing the southern and western United States and Canada throughout late October and November.

Handsome Jack and All Them Witches Fall 2018 Tour Dates

10/31 – Saturn – Birmingham, AL
11/01 – One Eyed Jacks – New Orleans, LA
11/02 – White Oak Music Hall: Upstairs – Houston, TX
11/03 – Antone’s – Austin, TX
11/04 – Club Dada – Dallas, TX
11/07 – The Rebel Lounge – Phoenix, AZ
11/08 – Beauty Bar – Las Vegas, NV
11/09 – Echoplex – Los Angeles, CA
11/10 – The Casbah – San Diego, CA
11/13 – The Independent – San Francisco, CA
11/15 – Wonder Ballroom – Portland, OR
11/16 – Freakout Festival – Seattle, WA
11/17 – Rickshaw Theatre – Vancouver, Canada
11/19 – Neurolux. – Boise, ID
11/20 – The State Room – Salt Lake City, UT
11/21 – Bluebird Theater – Denver, CO
11/23 – The Riot Room – Kansas City, MO
11/24 – Blueberry Hill Duck Room – St. Louis, MO