Artist : JJ72
Album : JJ72
Bitrate : 869 kbps
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Source : CD (LP)
Label : Lakota Records
Year : 2000
Genre : Rock
Rip date : 2013-12-04
Store date : 2000-00-00
Encoder : FLAC 1.2.1
+--------------------------------[Track List]--------------------------------+
1. October Swimmer 3:22
2. Undercover Angel 3:44
3. Oxygen 3:42
4. Willow 4:23
5. Surrender 4:11
6. Long Way South 2:51
7. Snow 3:20
8. Broken Down 5:09
9. Improv 2:52
10. Not Like You 3:36
11. Algeria 3:21
12. Bumble Bee 4:00
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44:31
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If you want to make a mistake, at least make it a big one. Things heated up
for Ireland's much hyped "new hope," what with 2000's endless excitable press
clippings, triumphant festival slots, and a full-length chance to prove to the
world if their three-minute slices of searing guitar distress were worth any
of the attention in the first place. Indeed, fortune has been strong with this
young trio. The fact that JJ72 sound completely unfazed even when they screw
it all up is what makes this roaringly ambitious debut so captivating. It's an
idea that has many a Suede and Joy Division name-checks sound apt, as proved
by the likes of "Snow" or "Algeria," sweltering, emotive crackles of indie
guitar thunder that succeed in being as innocent and powerful as any song
influenced by the greats. Truly, the magnificence of JJ72 is that they're on
top form even when they don't seem to know what they're doing. Mark Greaney's
garrulous growls and falsettos soar over far too many syllables. The band's
"soft/loud" Nirvana-isms are occasionally banal. Sometimes it's only the
band's wide-eyed eagerness that saves everything. With a lyrical mash-up of
abstract imagery ("Short sleeves and warm skin/losing coins calling next of
kin") and glorious bursts of confessional euphoria -- somewhere in between the
Sex Pistols and the poems of John Keats -- album peaks like "Oxygen" are
extraordinary. They show how choosing the right blunders can make all the
difference in the world. Because for all its evident talent, this debut album
is admittedly a student film, with all of its naivete, vigor, and
self-indulgence. These mistakes are big. These mistakes are personal. Yet
these same mistakes transform JJ72 into a band nothing short of inspiring, and
just a touch away from being impossibly beautiful.