Friday, June 11, 2004

Jamie Says...

Those of you with a long memory may remember my start of the year run down on my favourite music from 2003 may also remember the name Jamie Says, one of the records I was raving about. Well, I heard from Kyle (the man behind the record) the other week that a new demo was in the offing, not only that - he had been into the studio and recorded a single which would shortly be available.

With great excitement I ordered the single - could he do it, could he bring the same spiky fire off the 4 track, into the studio and on to vinyl? Damn right he could!

Side 1, Down to the Debauchuary features one of the slippiest, slidiest, sharpest guitar parts I've heard in a while. Sure the production values are a lot higher, but once that chugging wall of bass jumps a whole block south in homage to Peter Hook, you know this is a winner. You can hear parts from all over the place, the energy is infectious and without a doubt reminds you why you love music in the first place - its that good.

The B Side, Rebecca starts off sounding very post New York mainstream punk, but builds to some venom spitting finale that blows and blows harder leaving you in need of a reprise when all you get is a jumping needle - no finer example of always leave them wanting more springs to mind!

An assured debut - the brief excerpts on the site don't do full justice to the energy of this record. Order a copy now and say blimey Dio, you told me so...

Better still, Kyle now has a Jamie Says website up which means his superb first demo album, The Silver Screen and the Stanley Blade once again has a web presence, as does his new demo album which I hope he will send me a copy soon.

Posted by Dio Bach at 22:35

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