24 • Palpable Energy: an interview with the Jackoffs
Palpable Energy An Interview With the JackOffs BY HAYDEN KALP
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hrough all the garage acts in Kansas, one separates themselves from the pack. The Jackoffs are a hardcore punk trio from Lawrence, consisting of Jackson Goodrich, Jack Lague and Jacob Smith. I remember seeing them for the first time last year at The Kitten Castle (formerly named The Pussy Palace), a DIY basement venue in Kansas City. Everybody was jumping, rolling around on the floor and screaming to the music. A few months later, I got to see them perform as finalists in the Farmers Ball, a battle of the bands competition in Lawrence. Four bands played that night, but none made the crowd dance quite like the Jackoffs. You feel something in the air whenever they take the stage: a palpable energy.
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Q Who are the JackOffs? How’D you get started? A “I met Jacob last year through my brotherin-law’s band, Boy Soprano,” said Goodrich. “The two of us had a good thing going when I asked Jack to come jam with us. I knew he was a pretty good bassist because we play in another band together. And then we all just started writing songs together.”
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You recently had a single played on KJHK 90.7 FM, Kansas University’s iconic campus radio station. What was that like for you?
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“Well, I work for the station so I have a different viewpoint on it,” Goodrich said. “Anyone can get on the radio. I’m just happy to be doing the dang thing and going out to play live shows. But that being said, getting to hear something you’ve created play on the radio is a fulfilling feeling.”
is your songwriting process like? Who Q What writes the lyrics and the music? A
“Jack writes most of the ideas, and then we add our own things into it. I’ve written a few songs myself, but he usually writes the lyrics and we make them,” said Lague.
guys had your first album drop on Oct. 1, Q You 2022. What platforms is it on? A
“The album’s name is Prime Specimen, and my sister, Ellen Goodrich of Old Souls Tattoo Parlor in Kansas City did the artwork for it,” said Goodrich. “It’ll be on Spotify, Bandcamp and also cassettes.”