When I profiled Horse Jumper of Love earlier this year, I found a curious distinction between between singer/guitarist Dimitri Giannopoulos and his best friend/bassist John Margaris.

While Giannopoulos elaborated on the oblique, yet genuinely curious concepts of Horse Jumper’s self-titled debut album, Margaris added small, vivid recollections of when his personal history became intertwined with Horse Jumper’s. John’s project Community College was mentioned so briefly in our talks, his collection of phone demos on Bandcamp and sporadic live sets thereafter were all I had to confirm I hadn’t imagined the name.

Trust me though when I say that Community College will not remain in hushed, potentially imagined corners for much longer.

Tackling the existential worries of his other band with sometimes painful, often unwavering lucidity, Margaris wraps the few Community College songs that exist online in small, Paul Baribeau-like bows of lo-fi gold.

Take “Broken Back”, which we’re premiering today ahead of its release on a Disposable America compilation later this month: Margaris manages to tackle sacrifice in a relationship and aching self-doubt in under 55 seconds and do it more achingly than most songwriters with a 3+ minute canvas to play with.

“Broken Back” will be on Disposable America’s Special Interest compilation, which has all proceeds going towards a fund benefitting the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando. For now, stream “Back” here, but make sure to check out/preorder Special Interest on the label’s Bandcamp page.