Baybs
Baybs is the music project of San Francisco musician and songwriter Craig Jacobs. With songs created as a way to cope with an anxiety-ridden past, Baybs' music itself delivers a more optimistic posture while still remaining chillingly intimate and impassioned. Jacobs recalls, "There were periods of my life where I didn't want to leave my house.. soon I couldn't leave my room.. then I didn't even feel safe in my own body. The times I felt like literally jumping out of my skin the only thing that helped was picking up a guitar and creating a melody."
The resulting sound is an ebb and flow of dreamy folk pop with a flirtatious rhythmic pulse. To create an atmosphere of multilayered vocal texture, Jacobs collaborates with singers Melissa Russi and Chloe Zelma Studebaker (Zelma Stone), live and in the studio. In the summer of 2019 two debut singles, “Heartbeats (Amor Fati)” and “You’re the Only One” were released. After several months of playing live shows at local venues including Rickshaw Stop, Bottom Of The Hill and Amnesia, Jacobs teamed up with producer Timothy Vickers aka GrandBankss (who also plays bass in Baybs) to record the a debut EP "Intovertigo." This five track album is a true testament to the constant turbulence and distress caused by social anxiety as well as the general feeling of chronic alienThis five track album is a true testament to the constant turbulence and distress caused by social anxiety as well as the general feeling of chronic alienation from ones immediate surroundings. Despite the intensity of the lyrics, in normal Baybs fashion, the music itself is upbeat, flowy and meant to make the listener physically feel good.
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Few EPs are simultaneously so brooding and uplifting as Baybs’ new offering Introvertigo.
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"The 'Introvertigo' EP is out now and you will enjoy it often because it will, invariably, take you places"
There are some very open, confessional aspects to the lyrics, which feel a good fit for the 60s-inflected, sunny rock arrangement.
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“These Things in My Head” is an ode to the fears that once were reserved for isolated individuals and events extends to what has become our now all-too-familiar new normal. The spinning of the mind can be heard like whirling reel to reel spools during the intro that gives way to desires to spend the entire day(s) in the safe and comfortable confines of bed.
“‘Would You Dare’ is polished slacker folk rack, backed by singers Melissa Russi and Chloe Zelma Studebaker (of Zelma Stone) and Jacobs’ hook is a real nice payoff. The track is produced by Timothy Vickers, who’s sporting a golden touch on the boards as of late.”
Baybs' music is "is kissed with surfy melodies and delightful folk rock pop that sings of San Francisco.”