The Gaismunēnas release "Meg" compiles early-career field recordings and home demos from Jantz's time in upstate New York. It offers a raw, unvarnished look at his formative years.
- "Meg" was self-released on cassette in a limited run of 50 copies in 2018 before being picked up by Gaismunēnas.
- The album was recorded between 2016 and 2017 on a Tascam 4-track recorder in Jantz's former apartment in Olean, NY.
- The title track "Meg" is a tribute to Jantz's grandmother, who taught him his first chords on a parlor guitar.
Ryan Jantz is a Lithuanian-American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Chicago, known for his intricate guitar work and melancholic lyrics. He emerged in the late 2010s, cataloging the quiet decay of Rust Belt towns.
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