A concocter of neo-psychedelic lo-fi from Chicago, Arkansas native Justin Fernandez aka J Fernandez settled in the city for a day job in the early 2000s and spent several years performing in friends' music projects while making his own rough home-studio recordings in his spare time. With a doleful, anachronistic tone generated from building (some) arrangements around a Vox Jaguar organ and incorporating delay, the bedroom intimacy of his post-rock productions is sweetened by Robyn Hitchcock-reminiscent talky melodic tendencies and engaging, exploratory songcraft. During a string of tour dates in support of Unknown Mortal Orchestra, his debut LP, Many Levels of Laughter, was released by Joyful Noise Recordings in June of 2015. ~ Marcy Donelson