Tasty mind candy in a shiny wrapper
At first Bridges 2006 is simply well-made power pop, then! something happens...the aggressive bass vibrates in your chest, the male and female vocals interlace then split apart in blissful yearning harmony. The long-distance reverb haze of the guitars open places explored by the Records, by (a more atherial) Gin Blossoms, by early Cult, by Dreams So Real, and by Boy to War era U2. Though not as aggitated as Catherine Wheel, there is a Fermet alternative reality to Jets Overhead louder songs. Then a slight left turn on "Breaking To Touch" with the high-lonesome guitar and wordless background vocal. This release is completely disarming about over-simple lyrics and predictable chord progressions. Jets Overhead make these pit-fall of LSD/X bubble gum power pop work in ways not dissimilar to High Violets. Surprise, tasty mind candy in a shiny wrapper. Try: "Killing Time," "Seems So Far Away," "Get It Right," "Blue is Red," "Where Did You Go?"
