jemo - oaks with rushes
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Name: jemo Album: oaks with rushes Released: summer 2006 Members: jeff dantowitz - vocals/guitars james bastable - bass michael beauclerc - drums/percussion Website: www.jemo.net Unofficial Website: www.jemounofficial.com Favourite Song: settlement |
jemo is one of my all time favourite indie bands. first if you’ll notice i won’t use capital letters with their work, it just doesn’t feel right. this album was released in the summer of 2006 just before their east-canadian tour that involved two-shows-in-one-day where bookstores were hit in the afternoon and pubs or clubs were hit at night. i was lucky enough to pick up this cd on their last show before they headed out.
i have no idea what i could classify jemo as. it’s sort of rock, but not a heavy rock, but rather a very well thought out and carefully executed rock music that i could never fathom anyone being able to replicate it, but is awesome. it’s heavy with emotion and almost haunting in a way because of the lyrics and instruments blending so well together. it doesn’t fit a lifestyle or a genre. i’m just throughly confused.
some of the songs on this cd have been released previously through their first cd titled jemo, and their second not-particularly-released cd six-fingered salmagundi, but these versions have been re-recorded so they’re different. i can’t find a single song i don’t adore the minute i hear it. i sing along to everything on this cd over and over and never grow tired. i can go to a jemo show and sing along to everything (except new songs and covers.) i’ve tried to delve into the mind of jeff who writes the lyrics to see where he’s coming from, sometimes i get it, sometimes i don’t. it’s stunning and beautiful whether i understand it or not.
jemo songs i would play in my car, as i have been doing lots, and at home just chilling. i also play it a lot to show my friends “hey check out this band!” and at like a really relaxed get-together, type of dinner-party i wouldn’t have any problems playing their music. it’s chill, it relaxes me and… it’s seriously hot.
catch jemo at holy joe’s for an all ages show march 2, 2007
