Jerseyband Live: Lung Punch Fantasy
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(791381840124)
Record Label: Jerseyband
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Metroland, Albany, NY
Metroland transcript:
October 6, 2005
Don't judge a book by its cover: Despite Jerseyband's being fronted by four horn players, they're more metal than you'll ever be. (That wasn't a pun.) Neither an average jazz group, nor a run-of-the-mill metal outfit, the seven-piece Jerseyband have stumbled onto a style all their own-they call it "lungcore". With all our combined editorial experience here at Metroland, we would be hard-pressed to come up with a more accurate description. Imagine a head-on collision of the tour buses carrying Dillinger Escape Plan and the Count Basie Orchestra. That sound-the skronk and squeal made at the instant when metal intertwines with metal—is the essence of the Jerseyband experience, a mélange of detuned electric guitars, crashing drums, and a seemingly traditional jazz-ensemble frontline. It's totally rad, and totally loud. Bring earplugs. You'll thank us later.
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Amazing!!!!!^1000
author: adam sochacki
Absolutely GREAT. I love this.This is Frank Zappa mixed with John Zorn IMHO.
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Amazing!
author: koin
If you love Heavy Metal music,you should listen this album.Makes you giggle.(^◇^)
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LPF
author: random mcfandom
If you like your music with a bit of spice and variety to the tune of ,oh say, The Cardiacs or perhaps Mr Bungle mixed in with a bit of straight metal shredding all held together by an amazingly cohesive and razor sharp set of time signatures that at times venture in to territory that most rock drummers dare not dwell...This one might be for you. If you like your music packaged in pretty bows and stamped with that soul sucking modern polish that makes everything sound like undynamic bass heavy bupkis then you should avoid this.
This disc contains significant, glaringly obvious talent and professionalism yet manages to still package it in wonderfully, sometimes even swelling-ly, gorgeous pieces of music that weave in and out of frantically paced, high energy rock! In other words ...it isn't like listening to amazing musicians showing off but it is rather like listening to a well orchestrated symphony of awesomeness.
Plus any band who can pull of the lyrics "Chi-hua-hua, Me-llama, Chi-hua-hua, Key-Larrrrrrrrgo" and make it mean something are truly plugged in to something totally out of the ordinary and worth your careful consideration.
(Especially if you're in to strange concepts like joy and uncontrollable smiling.)
BUY IT!
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author: LasseM
I'm simply amazed of how this bunch of weirdos manage to blend metal-, jazz/brass-, and balkan-music together. And since this is a live-recording there is no doubt what so ever about their skill as musicians - thanks lads for just being out there.
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