ICARUS ASCENDING
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ICARUS ASCENDING
BUGGY JIVE is a somewhat reclusive soul rock singer-songwriter quietly uploading music from a basement in Albany, New York. Equal parts Zeppelin and D’Angelo and Prince and Joni in sound and sensibility, his lyrics often mine the literature of the past to make sense of the present – from Ellison to Morrison to Eliot to Didion – delicately balancing the heaviness with humor.
His new album ICARUS ASCENDING offers 13 new acoustic soul rock songs contemplating songwriting and storytelling, love and literature, and the festering fears of a divided nation.
TRACKLIST
This Will Never Be on the Radio - 3:28
When the Thang Ain’t Enough - 4:11
Whatchyugondo? - 4:58
This Can Not Be That - 4:18
What Do Y’all Know About Shakespeare? - 4:14
Great Googly Moogly - 2:40
Doing the Dumb Thing - 3:40 [EXPLICIT]
At the Violet Hour - 4:50
Now I Pray You - 4:17
We Colonize the Skies - 3:12 [EXPLICIT]
Staying Out of Her Way - 4:15
Something Something America - 4:01
Icarus Ascending - 4:42
CREDITS
Guitars and keys and vox and stuff performed by Buggy Jive. All songs copyright 2025 by Bryan Paul Thomas. Drums produced by Yurt Rock. Mastered by Troy Pohl. This album borrows its title from “Amelia” by Joni Mitchell. “Now I Pray You” is based on Canto 26 of the Purgatory by Dante Alighieri. “At the Violet Hour” is inspired by “The Waste Land“ by T.S. Eliot. Interior art is a remix of “Landscape with the Fall of Icarus” by Pieter Breugel the Elder, from a photograph by Sailko of the original framed painting. Icarus Ascending copyright 2025 WT3 Records and Radical Plastical Music. All Rights Reserved.
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ABOUT BUGGY
Buggy Jive is a semi-reclusive soul rock singer-songwriter quietly uploading music from a basement somewhere in Upstate New York. Equal parts Zeppelin and D’Angelo and Prince and Joni in sound and sensibility, his lyrics often mine the literature of the past to make sense of the present – from Ellison to Morrison to Eliot to Didion – delicately balancing the heaviness with humor.
Set for a Fall 2025 release, his forthcoming album Icarus Ascending promises 13 new acoustic soul rock songs contemplating songwriting and storytelling, love and literature, and the festering fears of a divided nation.
Recent accomplishments include: opening slots for Macy Gray’s “Reset” tour kickoff and Ben Folds' New Year's Eve show; a feature as a “Top Shelf” entry for NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest; Songwriter of the Year, Album of the Year and Music Video of the Year wins for Upstate New York’s “Eddies” Awards; and official and curated showcases at Folk Alliance International’s northeast and midwest regional conferences (NERFA and FARM).
The artist is a graduate of Niskayuna High School in Schenectady, New York and Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont. There are reports that the songwriter behind the NPR fave “Don’t Quit Your Day Job” may or may not have quit his most recent day job in digital communications at an educational non-profit headquartered in New York's Capital Region. He lives in Delmar, NY, with his wife and two daughters.
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
Niskayuna native Buggy Jive receives well-deserved accolades from NPR and the Eddie Awards. Daily Gazette.
“I’m singing about my reality, so those are things I wrestle with all the time,” he said of his musical forays into socially conscious messages. “It’s almost like there’s an obligation not to ignore tough issues and also an obligation to acknowledge that issues are complicated. It’s not always cut and dry or black and white. I do play with those themes.”
Sound Opinions: “Buried Treasures.” (Episode 802)
JIM DEROGATIS: “I was curious about Dr. Buggy Jive. You know what I kept flashing on when I was listening to it, Greg? If Bill Withers was alive and well and recording with a little bit of EDM hip-hop consciousness in 2022, I think it would sound a lot like that track we just heard.”
GREG KOT: “Yeah the intimacy you know of the recording really got to me and that’s a good comparison. Yeah, the honesty, the intimacy, and a sound that is completely of the moment.”
NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest “Top Shelf” Features
BOB BOILEN: “I picked [Buggy Jive’s live music video “Don’t Quit Your Day Job”] not only because he’s a talented human being but also because there’s lots of references to [Tiny Desk Contest]. Maybe this is the year you might want to quit your day job. I dearly love this.”
Buggy Jive thrives in opening slot for Macy Gray’s “Reset” tour. Nippertown.
Musically… local songwriter Buggy Jive stole the night with his originals that captivated us with his thoughtful lyrics and complex, layered sounds.
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