Inspired by impressionistic film-making, the surrealistic language of Beat Generation authors, and the flowing nature of classic '50s jazz, Nashville musician
Jake McMullen used the
Louis Prince moniker as a new chapter in his musical development. He melded those inspirations with falsetto vocals, indie songwriting, and drifting synth lines to create the bright environments of his 2020 debut album
Thirteen.
Jake McMullen was born in California and eventually ended up in Nashville, making confessional Americana under his own name for a time. After feeling moved to take his music in a different direction,
McMullen teamed up with producer
Micah Tawlks and the two began working toward what would become the
Louis Prince project. With reference points in film and piano jazz,
McMullen began writing songs in 2015, collaborating with
Tawlks as well as sharing new ideas with
Kevin Dailey and
Dabney Morris. With the support of his creative friends,
McMullen shaped the dreamy, genre-defying sounds of
Louis Prince, offering up debut album
Thirteen in the spring of 2020. ~ Fred Thomas