Mickey Newball is back with a luscious and fresh new single, “Ruby Jean” (below). The Santa Cruz multi-instrumentalist shines here, singing with an explosive strength with a tasteful array of psychedelic synthesizers and colorful guitar stylings. Trying to pinpoint Newball to a genre is tiresome as this musical shapeshifter moves from eras and soundscapes with the ease of a Bruno Mars meets Beck collaboration.
“Ruby Jean” is a little psychedelic vignette, where the narrator consoles a distraught Ruby Jean. I wanted to keep it short and cryptic like when you abruptly wake up from a weird dream.
