Kara Jackson, the Chicago-based singer-songwriter and former National Youth Poet Laureate, has announced their debut album: Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love? is out April 14 via September.
The announcement arrives with “Pawnshop,” a new song “about uncovering how worth is subjective,” according to Jackson. They elaborated, “It’s taking ‘one man’s trash is another man’s treasure’ and reveling in that sentiment, taking pride in the fact that even if people can’t understand your value, only you know how priceless you are.” Watch the single’s video below.
Jackson wrote and recorded the album’s demos in their childhood bedroom during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. Nnamdï, Kaina, and Sen Morimoto later helped Jackson re-record the demos.
In addition to “Pawnshop,” Jackson’s new LP includes “No Fun/Party,” “Brain,” and “Dickhead Blues.”
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Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love?:
01 Recognized
02 No Fun/Party
03 Dickhead Blues
04 Therapy
05 Pawnshop
06 Brain
07 Free
08 Lily
09 Rat
10 Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love?
11 Curtains
12 Recognize Reprise
13 Liquor