Jacob & the Dazey Chain is the vision of 22-year-old singer, songwriter, and guitarist Jacob Reese Thornton. Based in Nashville, the project blends the anthemic swagger of Brit-pop with a sharp alternative-rock edge, channeling influences like Oasis, The Strokes, Green Day, and The Killers into a sound that feels both nostalgic and boldly their own.

Since forming in 2019, they’ve cut their teeth everywhere from sweaty club stages to major festivals—including a standout appearance at Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival. In 2024, J&DC completed their first East Coast U.S. and U.K. club tour, highlighted by a sold-out show in Miami and headline performances in London and Manchester. Their debut album, DON’T LOOK AWAY!, has earned nearly one million Spotify streams and landed on six Apple Music editorial playlists. 

​This year, Jacob signed with East Iris Records, a division of Universal Music Group. His upcoming EP, This Might Be War, arrives July 17. Produced by Tone Def (Green Day, Briston Maroney) and recorded at East Iris Studios in Nashville, the project represents his most explosive, cinematic, and self-assured record to date. The release follows a surge of online momentum, with his acoustic reimagining of Smashing Pumpkins' "Tonight, Tonight" sparking a viral TikTok trend that generated more than 50,000 organic user-created videos and over 30 million collective views.

Earlier career highlights include breaking into Amazon’s Top 25, best selling alternative rock releases and the iTunes Top 100 indie charts with his debut EP, “The Sky Is All I Need to Get High”. Select tracks on the EP were recorded with Grammy-nominated artist and producer Bill Reynolds of Band of Horses and featured Rami Jaffee of Foo Fighters on keyboards. Other notable collaborations include touring with Radiohead drummer Clive Deamer and working with bass legend Tony Franklin. Beyond his own artist project, recent credits include co-writing a song on Andrew Farriss’s (INXS) upcoming solo album, as well as guitar work for Neil Perry (The Band Perry) and Marble Jets (ft. Frankie Ballard). Jacob is endorsed by Taylor Guitars, Ernie Ball, and is a next generation brand ambassador for Magnatone Amplifiers.

Classic Rock Magazine labeled Jacob “A force to be reckoned with” in their Feb. ’21 issue, and Sirius XM Volume’s Lori Majewski’s noted, “It’s a once in a generational thing…I don’t think we get enough of these”. The Aquarian Weekly most recently quoted, “Jacob & The Dazey Chain represent Tasteful, Artistic Nostalgia. Young taste-maker Jacob Thornton, the talented and prolific rockstar-on-the rise who has one hand reaching toward the 2020’s and the other holding on tightly to the 1970’s.”