Hailing from Los Angeles, Jacob Masters has been releasing his personal alt-electronic experimentations for the past two years, although it’s his very first appearance here at TMR with fresh List Pick ‘Nobody But You’. Working under the moniker HighSchool Jacob, his music is full of all the juvenile love and naive heartbreak that plagues one’s teen years. ‘Nobody But You’ is an especially vulnerable piece of music, beginning with warm synths, spectral reverb and lulling vocals. It’s the definition of a slow burner, like the emotions that creep into one's heart before taking over in a burst of overwhelming feeling as reflected in the bold chorus. “You looking at me like I’m somebody else / I’m looking at you like there’s no one else,” is the epic hook that sets off the chopped synths and spattered percussion. Speaking about the single, Jacob Masters says: “When I wrote this song, I wanted to experiment with unusual sounds (such as the sound of my mouse clicking) to provide an intimate and vulnerable atmosphere, and it was when I reached the chorus however that I discovered I wanted to express the other side of those intimate emotions with an energetic and big expression of that previously mentioned desperation.” Following the final crescendo, the whispered lined “you left me on my knees…” speaks of the nostalgic pain at the centre of ‘Nobody But You’. - Hannah Thacker