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August 18, 2005
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Jets to Brazil - Perfecting Loneliness
Well, here is some emo hot fiyah for you all. Jets to Brazil. What can I say about them? Second cousins to Jawbreaker. Enjoyed by yours truly from the end of junior year of college until approximately two months after graduation (highly correlated to a relationship with a spectrally thin scenesteress who loved JtB). Also adored by a certain someone, I repeat, someone (Matt) who, if memory serves me, had a window decal of the band's name on the rear window of his car.
Course this was back in the day, round about aught-two or so, when Jade Tree could do no wrong. Releasing album after magnificent album of hard, unyielding punk. Punk that jumped down your throat, stomped your esophagus along the way, paused to sharpen it's chompers on your duodenum, and then went about the business of kicking your ass. Punk that was like rusted rust. That fucking hard. And the emo. My god, the emo. You don't really know what feelings are until you've felt them through the voice of a member of the Kinsella family, preferably Tim.
But I kid Jade Tree; I will go on black-on-pink record as saying that I actively enjoy the following J.T. artists: Despistado (v. much), Turing Machine (v. much), and Jets to Brazil (medium much). Check out this song for Blake's excellent vocals and the band's general snappiness (note the first 'n'), plus the most astute use of astronaut noises, ever. They're broken up now, unfortunately (they were pretty great live). 'Perfecting Loneliness' is from the album of the same name, which you can find right here.
P.S. I'll be in Virginia for the next, oh, six days or so. Old job needs me to come back and consult. Apparently the new guy is having a hard time with the unions. Talk of strike. Feathers are ruffled, hackles raised. Should be fun. Although since I'll be rounding up new friends (scabs), I won't be able to update for a while. Please please all of you 53 loyal readers, hold those tears. When I come back, there'll be a new contest, really this time I swear.
Posted by Kevin at August 18, 2005 12:26 AM
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aww, i miss that sticker almost as much as i miss that car.
of course, i have the same sticker on my cheapo korean strat (cos it's awesome to have rock stickers on your rock guitar, according to 19 year old me).
Posted by: matt at August 23, 2005 11:24 AM