artwork, layout Chelsey Trejo
bass Saúl Ojeda
cello Mabe Fratti
drums Gibrán Andrade
guitar Federico Sánchez
mastered by Andrew Weathers
mixed by, post production Martin Thulin
recorded by Santiago Parra
trumpet, voice Jacob Wick
violin Alina Maldonado



The follow-up to his 2022 release – ’Standards’ – ’something in your eyes’ was recorded in January 2024 at Pedro y el Lobo in Mexico City with an expanded cast of players from the region’s vibrant jazz and experimental music communities, including Gibrán Andrade [drums], Mabe Fratti [cello], Alina Maldonado [violin], Saúl Ojeda [bass], and Federico Sánchez [guitar], all performing alongside Wick’s own trumpet and rumbling baritone vocals.

The album dives deeper into Wick’s exploration of his own song memory, refocusing the pop hits, country jangles, and jazz standards of his youth through the filter of queer experience and personal history. By breaking these songs down and repurposing their constituent parts into improvisational scores that utilize both traditional notation and graphic / textual elements, Wick enables the ensemble to make important musical decisions by listening and acting, rather than receiving cues or performing rote “covers.” The end result is a musically vibrant exploration of identity via the active deconstruction of the aesthetic and popular totems that ultimately play a role in defining us.

‘something in your eyes’ includes explorations of Emmylou Harris’ “Rough and Rocky,” Alice Coltrane’s “Ptah the El Daoud,” “Hey Lonely” by Kylie Minogue, and the great Billie Holiday’s “You Go to My Head,” though you’d hardly know these well-worn classics from their unique corners of the 20th century canon provided the seeds for the work.

In appropriate fashion, we invite you to pour a glass of “burgundy brew” and settle in for a thrillingly cathartic journey through Jacob Wick’s formative influences. We’ll see you on the other side.
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