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Durand Jones - Wait Til I Get Over (Blue Jay Vinyl)
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Durand
Jones’
‘Wait
Til
I
Get
Over’
is
a
memoir
and
a
love
letter.
It
is
the
story
of
Jones’
life,
his
growth
and
revelations,
the
wisdom
of
his
hometown
and
the
wisdom
he
could
only
gain
once
he
left.
In
it,
he
writes
through
Hillaryville’s
contradictions:
the
pristine
beauty
and
the
ragged
roads;
his
teenage
desire
to
leave
and
his
adult
desire
to
honour
his
tangled
roots;
the
plantation
history
and
the
ups
and
downs
of
the
Black
community
that
made
homes
of
this
reparation
town.
“Hometowns
have
a
way
of
keeping
a
part
of
you,”
says
Jones,
“and
if
I’m
making
something
young-
me
would
be
proud
of,
Hillaryville
is
a
big
part
of
that.”
Jones
finds
something
transformative
in
his
memories
there
and
the
life
he
has
led
since,
ultimately
claiming
and
embracing
his
whole
self.
The
result
is
vulnerable,
personal,
touching
on
Jones’
relationship
to
church
life,
to
his
mother,
to
his
queerness,
to
his
worth.
“I
wish
I
could
tell
my
younger
self
‘you
don’t
have
to
stick
to
the
dreams
people
have
for
you,’”
says
Jones,
“‘you
can
dream
bigger.
You
are
more
than
capable,
you
are
more
than
able.
I
think
about
some
nerdy
punk
kid
in
the
rural
south
who
needs
to
hear
that
now.’”
‘Wait
Til
I
Get
Over’
does
exactly
that.
LP
available
on
Blue
Jay
coloured
vinyl.
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