jj no. 3

Now simultaneously on secretly canadian as well as sincerely yours, jj announced a march 3 release date, and are giving away 2 mp3s: "Let Go," a track from the album, and "my way," a bonus.

I have wanted to actually WRITE about music for a while, and jj are a pretty provocative group. I'm sure the crusties will sort of wring their hands about "post-modern irony" and lack of any real message or conviction. Thankfully, these people are cowards and totally wrong.

It seemed as if, on no 2, that jj had a pretty specific mixture in mind, namely hip-hop combined with hedonistic balearic. The quotation of lil Wayne's "lollipop" as the background of jj's haunting "ecstasy" was characteristic. From the first moments of no 3, it is clear that jj are in much more complex territory. The free track "let go" begins with lone harmonica, evoking folk, or even country, before the synths and drums even enter. From this first moment, jj signal that they are no longer limited to the hip hop/balearic combo, and are instead casting an ever widening net for source material. It is an exciting step, and this track should make jj no 3 a release to watch for 2010. Radical Freedom.

mp3 jj Let Go