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Every Friday, we’re here to remind you of the Boston artists we love and think you oughta know.

Tyler Jackson has been putting in yeoman’s work for the past 10 years. Over the course of three bands, he has written and co-written a whopping 9 LPs, 2 EPs, and 5 singles. Now, with his recording project Golden Rules the Thumb, he finds himself a little older, a lot busier, but no less determined to write, record, rinse, and repeat. Jackson’s artistic determination has led him down the road to make After the Brass, one of the strongest indie-rock albums we’ve heard this year.

For the first time, Jackson isn’t bringing completed songs to a band to record and perform, he’s ushering his tunes into the world with help from former Endless Jags bandmate, Jonas Eule. As a co-producer, Eule helped decide which songs to keep and which to put on hold for After the Brass. His contributions also include limitless studio time courtesy of a home recording studio, as well as a keen sense of arrangement. This includes a Brian Jones-like uncanniness when it comes to introducing the right instrument at the right time — wide ranging ideas that go from Hare Krishna harmoniums, to droning Shruti Boxes, to punk rock drum beats.

Although the droney elements and collaboration with Eule is something new for listeners of Jackson’s previous work, he assures us that not too much has changed from past records with Golden Rules the Thumb or of his former outfit, Foam Castles. “When we come out of the washing machine, we’re like an indie rock band, you know?”

Jaskson says After the Brass is full of songs built from a “classic rock starting place.” We think fans of R.E.M. or Wilco will be able to pick up what GRTT is putting down. See for yourself and stream it right here.