Thursday, June 16, 2011

JJ72 - Long Way South

I would call JJ72 a bit of a guilty pleasure, except that I never feel guilty about my listening habits. On principle.

I'm not sure if anyone outside of Ireland knows them. They were all the rage here for a short period at the beginning of the last decade, having an oddly charismatic singer with the voice of Brian Placebo, the face of a 12-year-old and some really nice lyrics. Musically they tended to venture into bland alterna-rawk territory but still, they were a hard band not to have a sneaking fondness for.

Sadly, they split up after two albums. Their singer's in a new band, and he's a lot less charming now. But I still like this one a lot.

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