Wake up: It’s 2025 and Jane Remover is here to blast the sand out of your eyes with a leaf blower. The setup is simple—four microscopic counts in, then a cyclone of fractured samples fueled by a relentlessly skipping “J” that never makes it to the exhale. Like their other dreamy recent singles, “JRJRJR” (the first single from the forthcoming Revengeseekerz) signals a move away from the washed-out shoegaze balladry of 2023’s Census Designated, embracing the anything-goes, exploded hip-hop of their digicore days. Only instead of Amen breaks and Daria references, “JRJRJR” operates in a world where Sisso and Klein teamed up to co-produce A Great Chaos. It’s simultaneously their most maximalist yet most direct music yet.
Between the constant crash of the beat, Jane wrestles with starting their life over again. “Rehearsing songs I hate in Silverlake trying not to cry,” they sing, apparently still sick of their own music as soon as it’s released. They debate another name change, complaining their current one “rolls off the tongue” too easily. After a series of increasingly soul-baring albums, it’s as if they’re discovering that being known is the worst curse of all. “Let the DJ save your life,” they implore as the bass drops over and over, inching its way past four minutes. Does it go on for a little too long? Maybe. Changing your whole world takes time.
