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| Artist : John & Jehn |
| Album : John & Jehn |
| Bitrate : 205 kbps avg |
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| Source : CD |
| Label : Universal |
| Year : 2008 |
| Genre : Indie |
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| Rip date : 2008-04-21 |
| Store date : 2008-04-28 |
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| Encoder : LAME |
| Size : 55 megs |
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+--------------------------------[Track List]--------------------------------+
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| 1. DOM 3:38 |
| 2. Fear Fear Fear 3:54 |
| 3. Love Me 4:10 |
| 4. I Can See You 3:18 |
| 5. The Fall 3:04 |
| 6. You Far Away 4:11 |
| 7. 20 L 07 4:20 |
| 8. Lady Spider 2:38 |
| 9. Survive 3:10 |
| 10. 1,2,3 3:03 |
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| 35:26 |
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+-------------------------------[Release Notes]------------------------------+
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| ChemistryÆs a notoriously tricky pixie to bottle on record. If |
| French-born London ΘmigrΘs John & Jehn donÆt quite succeed in nailing |
| the stroppy friction of their live shows over the course of their |
| self-titled debut, third base is at least within groping distance. |
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| The romantically-involved duoÆs sometimes-dirgey, sometimes-sprightly |
| blues-inspired shoegaze reeks of existentialism at the movies; music to |
| trace moody circles on your loverÆs back to while smoking loftily and |
| gazing absent-mindedly out balcony windows. |
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| The pair have spoken of embodying the æpost coitum, animal tristeÆ |
| (after sex, unhappy animal) aesthetic but John & Jehn doesnÆt only |
| concern itself with the post-match lull, taking in the greasy electric |
| throb of æI Can See YouÆ which crackles with darkly erotic intent, and |
| on standout æ20 L 07Æ, consummation by way of some jubilant harp and an |
| unabashedly orgasmic crescendo. |
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| On purely referential terms theyÆre as hip as they come û æThe FallÆ is |
| reminiscent of SpiritualizedÆs maximalist drone flipped coolly on its |
| head, æYou Far Away pulses with the austere menace of early Velvets and |
| æLady SpiderÆ recalls Pixies at their most psychotic and lib-id-inous. |
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| Admittedly there are moments here that teeter on tunelessness and opener |
| æDOMÆ is definitely a step in that direction, but followed by the |
| expansive guitar scrapes and cushioned bounce of æFear, Fear, FearÆ it |
| becomes an effective scene-setter and with a little more levity you can |
| imagine thereÆs higher gears left in them yet. |
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| If parts of John & Jehn are all tension and no release, it only serves |
| to reinforce the notion that a second bout from this lot could get very |
| messy indeed: better start praying your next relationship sounds this |
| good. |
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| We bring you the self titled debut album. |
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