Introducing LA-based ISLA JUNE, the project of singer/songwriter/guitarist Jenna Maranga. They capture the essence of old and new, fusing a deep appreciation of a bygone era of rock, jazz, and soul with close-to-home, melody-driven songwriting and have released their new single “Knew You When”. Speaking on the track Jenna says:
“I wrote 'Knew You When' just before quitting my full time day job in advertising.
After spending the last four years sitting in an office all day, I was itching to leave and create more space to pursue music. For nearly a decade I had watched (admittedly with some envy) those around me - friends and old classmates from my days at NYU’s Clive Davis Institute - choose music over everything else. I kept thinking back to the last time I really put music first, when I truly fell in love with writing and performing. It was with my best friends in high school in the first band I was ever in. ‘Knew You When’ is that bittersweet nostalgia for a time I missed dearly, for a version of myself I missed dearly.”
'Knew You When' is the follow up to the band’s 2018 single “Willows,” and will be followed by more new music in the coming months. Check out the gorgeous track here:
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