Ayron Jones Opens Up About His Deeply Personal New Album

On Friday, June 23, Ayron Jones launched his fourth studio album, Chronicles of the Kid, and he joined Chuck Armstrong on Loudwire Nights to not solely have a good time, however dive deep into his new songs.

“All of these stories were kind of me taking snapshots in time,” Jones advised Chuck on Friday night time’s present. “It’s like contemplating myself and getting to know my own identity as I’m surfing through this crazy surge of popularity.”

Jones has by no means been one to mince his phrases or water down his experiences. In reality, all through his time as a songwriter and artist, he is grow to be identified for his authenticity and honesty. For him, his music pushes him to ask the query, “Who are you at the end of the day?”

On the album’s first single, “Blood in the Water,” Jones seeks a solution to that query.

“It’s the irony of basically being born to these people who were born into poverty and suffering,” he defined. “My dad was a gangster, a pimp and a gangster. He chose that lifestyle because there weren’t many options for him as a young Black dude growing up in the ’90s, being adopted and growing up in the neighborhood we grew up in.”

The track itself explores the thought of what it would appear like for somebody to interrupt generational curses, a theme Jones heard lots about in church as a child.

“Here I am, this kid from my mom and dad who didn’t amount to much in life, and here I am on top of the world,” he advised Chuck. “There’s a crazy thing that goes off in your brain when you think about something like that.”

Ayron Jones Finds Hope in Singing About Life’s Dark Realities

Chronicles of the Kid is saturated in that form of uncooked and brave fact from Jones. Because of that, creating the album was therapeutic.

“I am now the inspiration for my family, rather than just one of the kids who tried to get by,” he stated. “I’m the one my kids look up to—my kids have a better life because of it and I have my parents to thank…which is really ironic if you think about it. These guys who didn’t set me up with much in life, they’re the reason I’m alive and I’m here and I am who I am.”

While diving deep into troublesome truths—each private and common—might be devastating for some, it appears to present Jones life. Even as darkish or heavy as a track would possibly get on Chronicles of the Kid, Jones isn’t with out hope.

“I was never bitter,” he admitted. “I was never mad at my mom or dad for living the lives they lived. They were young kids in the ’80s and ’90s when the crack epidemic was ravaging our neighborhoods. They did the best they could. I never had any bitter feelings. They did what they could…I’m thankful for what I got, as little as it may be. I’m thankful to still be here and be alive and have the opportunity to be able to play.”

What Else Did Ayron Jones Discuss on Loudwire Nights?

• What it was like rising up in Jimi Hendrix’s neighborhood in Seattle within the ’90s
• Why he needed to combat himself on writing a number of the songs on Chronicles of the Kid—”Is that really something you want to talk about with your fans?”
• How he maintains hope and strives to by no means take something without any consideration

Listen to the Full Interview within the Podcast Player Below

Ayron Jones joined Loudwire Nights on Friday, June 23; the present replays on-line right here, and you may tune in reside each weeknight at 7PM ET or on the Loudwire app; you can too see if the present is obtainable in your native radio station and take heed to interviews on-demand. Stream Chronicles of the Kid at this location after which take a look at Ayron Jones’ full tour schedule.