Tuesday, February 2, 2010

The Jealous Sound

About time, it's been too long and too difficult.
The Jealous Sound do matter.
I don't know how long What's Wrong is Everywhere has been on the band's MySpace but I know it's good to hear, to tap my left heal to.

In an age where every band must have a website or risk fan abandonment it's been seven years between KIll Them With Kindness and a second album. In 2008 there was an EP, only ever digital and barely mentioned. The Fold Out is enough to maintain the faith in this band that kept some semblance of sense behind that ugly label emo.

I should say something about this new song. The sound of the quartet remains largely intact but it has advanced. Sparser production is evident straight away. Blair Shehan probably went postal a couple of times since 2003 but it doesn't show. His tender timbre remains and the tone of the guitars hasn't been tampered with.

Welcome back.

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