Jakobs Castle is the eclectic passion project of 28-year-old Long Beach artist Jakob Nowell, who signed to Epitaph Records this past summer. Now, he shares ‘Lights Out,’ a song that combines ska-punk and alt-rock with hyperpop production into a sound he aptly coins “beach meets internet.”
“‘Lights Out’ is the best example of what Jakobs Castle is all about,” Nowell explained. “I wanted to fuse together Southern California’s root sounds with glitchy underground internet music. It’s a hot cyberska mess, complete with side-chained upstrokes and conspicuous anime references. And most of all, I hope people will genuinely identify with the lyrics. ‘Lights Out’ is a story of things that actually happened in my life, and it’s honestly some of the most personal stuff on the entire album.”