The fact that I
have gotten into The Jealous Sound is further proof that I am becoming an old
person. That I found them when searching through dubstep-influenced metalcore
on Rise Records is little consolation. Still, they’re an excellent band, one
that could easily, eh, ‘rise’ to Jimmy Eat World heights with some persistence.
Achieving personal
yet darkly poetic lyrics without sounding like a douchebag is something that
not many can do, and I’d put TJS up with the boys from Alkaline Trio. High
praise indeed. Of course TJS have ‘been around the block’ both as individuals
and as musicians, with an impressive back catalogue of releases from various
indie bands in the 90s and 00s.
I love the flow of
this song. Nothing feels forced, instead it all builds up naturally to a
crescendo chorus, then descends smoothly into the verse, then back to the
chorus. You can tell the songwriters have been writing songs for a long time,
there is a maturity and confidence in letting the different pieces come
together.
Speaking of
maturity, the guys are pretty damn old looking! Are they tired gig parents,
waiting for their kid to get out of the pit? Are they band parents, proud and
bewildered as their child plays breakdowns to teenage girls? Nope, they’re one
of the bands, they’re on next! In a lot of ways they are everything Rise
Records would be seen not to represent, so kudos to both band and label, for
getting there and taking a (calculated, I’m sure) risk, respectively.
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