‘Flesh & Back to Bone’ by Jamos Blood | New EP, ‘Blood Brother’
Exclusive video premiere of ‘Flesh & Back to Bone’ by Jamos Blood, taken from the upcoming EP, ‘Blood Brother.’
Jamos Blood’s upcoming EP, ‘Blood Brother,’ is a blues rock romp that’s gritty, wandering, and fun—perhaps a perfect snapshot of Blood himself. Recorded in 2020 with his late brother Clayton, all four songs find Blood exploring love and loss with his familiar Tom-Waits-Meets-Tom-Petty vibe: tracks that thunder along with blues licks and a train-track rhythm section.
‘Unfold’ weaves themes of hope, connection, and loss with razor-sharp guitars and a vocal roar that betrays a bleeding heart. The two middle tracks, ‘Catfish Blues’ and ‘Last Go Around Blues’ showcase Blood’s ability to deftly combine slow Bayou riffs with his inherent optimism. ‘Flesh and Back to Bone’ is a reflection on what it means to be lost, and what starts as fear becomes a stance turned toward an unknown future—all framed in bluesy optimism.
“‘Flesh and Back to Bone’ is one of those songs that didn’t feel prescient when I wrote it, but ended up being an emotional roadmap for three years of loss and isolation that ultimately led me back to hope. I wrote it with my late brother—before his passing, before the pandemic, before everything—and we set out to create a track about how to keep going when life puts you through the ringer. Now, in the harsh light of today, I hear it as a path through sharing the grief we’ve all been through. I hear both the lament, and the joy, in his wailing guitar and the chugging rhythms, as I realize that we left ourselves a message that I didn’t know I would need so soon: When things break you down, the hope is in keeping going.”
Ultimately, ‘Blood Brother’ goes through its own hero’s journey, as Blood takes us through what he’s been through and where he’s going. It’s an EP that success both as a roots-driven rock record and a series of reflections on seeing the future from a perspective of hope.
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