Joh Chase drives down the surprisingly un-glamorous streets of daytime Los Angeles in the video for “When I Got This Place” and it serves as a perfect companion to the song’s lyrics. The spare and lively guitar work and Chase’s intimate and immediately engaging vocals deliver a song that seems to be about what it’s like to move to a place that’s supposed to mean so much more to so many people and a place many people go to make their dreams come true only to find that it’s often a lot different than some romanticized vision from film and television. But Chase’s song isn’t about disillusionment, it’s about coming to appreciate where you are geographically and in life. And to manage expectations and accept things as they are. Perhaps even to appreciate the uniqueness of where you find yourself and its unique charms. Chase’s song is an uplifting and finely crafted pop song filled with a gentle spirit and sense of acceptance that isn’t common enough in music at the moment. Watch the video for “When I Got This Place” on YouTube and follow Joh Chase at the links below. Chase’s album SOLO dropped on April 26, 2024 via Kill Rock Stars.
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