California-based singer-songwriter Arden Jones is back with age tape 12, the latest installment in his groundbreaking age tape series of three-song releases shared on the first Thursday of each month. Today’s release is highlighted by the upbeat “confessions,” produced by Johnny Simpson (Lauv, Ava Max), alongside the new fan favorites, “switch” and “all about u.”
the age tape series returned earlier this year with age tape 10, featuring “hard enough to stay alive,” produced by Captain Cuts (UPSAHL, Carly Rae Jepsen) and joined by an official music video streaming HERE, as well as “indigo,” produced by Jason Suwito (Imagine Dragons, k.flay), and “count me in,” an exhilarating collaboration with California-based electronic trio Łaszewo (Matthew Ehrlich, Keeva Bouley, Justin De La Fuente). age tape 11 followed, highlighted by the anthemic “been here before,” along with “in between” and “living a lie.”
“we took a long time trying to figure out how we were gonna roll out all this new music and just couldn’t get away with how much fun age tapes were,” says Jones. “so here you go – age tapes are back for 2024.”
The 2024 run of age tapes follows last year’s hit single, “Parachute” and remarkable run of live shows, including a sold-out string of age tape mini headline tours and shows alongside artists such as JVKE, Łaszewo, Louis The Child, and QUINN XCII. Jones – who recently lit up Los Angeles’ famed Kia Forum with a performance at Two Friends’ third annual Big Bootie Land event – will head on tour in May with BoyWithUke with stops in New York, Nashville, Austin and more. ARDEN JONES
LIVE DATES
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1 – Boston, MA – House of Blues Boston ^
3 – New York, NY – Terminal 5 ^
4 – Baltimore, MD – Rams Head Live! ^
8 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore Charlotte ^
10 – Atlanta, GA – The Eastern ^
11 – Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works ^
14 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater ^
^ w/ BoyWithUke