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Avg: 3.5 (65 ratings)
- Date Released: August 19, 2008
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Label: Matador
A feral, theatrical, and startlingly unique debut arising from the ashes of two post-hardcore cult favorites. Faster, pussycat, kill, kill.
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We Say...
At a time when “indie” is increasingly used as a blanket term to cover all things gray and uniform, Jaguar Love has come up with a shrieking, unique, even startling debut, a feral step-cousin for the genre. The Pacific Northwest trio formed from two defunct post-hardcore cult favorites: vocalist Johnny Whitney and guitarist Cody Votolato coursed through the veins of Seattle’s Blood Brothers, while drummer/multi-instrumentalist Jay Clark excavated interesting shapes with Pretty Girls Make Graves. Their new cub has teeth and claws, but also a highly developed sense of theatrical pop and classic bombast. It growls.
It may prove too flamboyant for some. Whitney’s voice is a frenetic falsetto, inspired by Sparks, Queen and Placebo, though the true mother-lode for Jaguar Love is Marc Bolan’s T. Rex, with the volume on 12. From booming opener “Highways of Gold” through the relentless “Humans Evolve Into Skyscrapers” to the deranged “My Organ Sounds Like…” they rarely draw breath. Whitney’s piercing hysteria will irritate as many as it enthuses, but you could never accuse Jaguar Love of playing safe or generic. And while the jagged rock is keenly aware of those Gang of Four rhythms so popular with today’s drain-piped kids, there are huge blasts of pomp pumping in from Votolato’s guitars, akin to the Raconteurs rewiring Bad Company. Mostly, however, that peripatetic powerhouse voice, walking on a hot tin roof, ensures that Jaguar Love sound like nobody else at all. Faster, pussycat, kill, kill.
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Highways Of Gold |
3:39 |
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| 02. | |
Bats Over The Pacific Ocean |
3:45 |
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| 03. | |
Jaguar Pirates |
4:31 |
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| 04. | |
Georgia |
5:57 |
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| 05. | |
Vagabond Ballroom |
3:51 |
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| 06. | |
Humans Evolve Into Skyscrapers |
3:51 |
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| 07. | |
Antoine And Birdskull |
3:43 |
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| 08. | |
Bonetrees And A Broken Heart |
3:38 |
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| 09. | |
The Man With The Plastic Suns |
4:31 |
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| 10. | |
My Organ Sounds Like... |
5:08 |
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10 Total Tracks, 42:34 Total Length
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