Goon

Goon is the debut album by Tobias Jesso Jr., released on March 17, 2015 via True Panther Sounds.

Jesso began writing the album in 2012 after enduring a breakup and road accident in quick succession in Los Angeles, where he’d been trying – and failing – to launch a music career. He completed the album when he went back to his hometown Vancouver.

Goon was produced by JR White, Ariel Rechtshaid, Patrick Carney, and John Collins.

About the title he said:

A goon is somebody who doesn’t take things too seriously. A goon is a dumb thug – a guy who doesn’t ever express love or anything, and he’s kind of fine with it. I’ve met a couple at my shows, for sure. I’ve had like a football player – I think a professional one; I didn’t know his name, I’m not sure. I never would’ve thought a football player would get down with the sentimental ballads.