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Seconds Away From Salvation reviewed on RockUnited.com, 8/10 points,
by Urban "Wally" Wallstrom on RockUnited.com
www.rockunited.com/
The JADE: "Seconds Away From Salvation" 8
TSM/SLW 2010
Review by Urban "Wally" Wallstrom,
8 Mars 2010
The Jade, Helsinki-based alternative (?) rock band from Finland. According to their info-sheet and press release of course. Not quite sure what's so "alternative" about this band really? We must have completely different issues and ideas about music genres and the whole meaning of the word. This is very much a mainstream rock CD of today, plus a dash of the old seventies glam. Alternative? I think not... but they're good... no matter what they're trying to sell us.
My interest lies mainly in the sound/songs and there is certainly a variety on their debut album, "Seconds Away From Salvation". It's actually a fun mixture of influences and sounds of everything from My Chemical Romance, HIM, to Hanoi Rocks and David Bowie. Wille Rosén's vocals swaying between an angry Bob Bryar and a posh David Bowie are ragged-edge and there's hardly a trace of the typical finn-accent of the past (great!). The playing is compelling indeed and the emotional display of such textured work as on "Everlasting Memorial", "The Flame", "Roseare Sky", will certainly have any post-emo rocker up and cheering for the home team in no time.
The production by Hannu Liden and Petri Majuri of several Hanoi Rocks' efforts is very impressive too. The real heart and core of the CD comes with a string of fine uptempo emo/glam rockers and The Jade are really up to something good here. Their rock cover of Pet Shop Boys', "It's A Sin", peaked at #4 on the Finnish singles chart and their CD has now been released in nine European countires, plus Japan. Indeed, this is a little gem for the fan of above mentioned styles and rock.
www.thejade.fi
MySpace site
by Urban "Wally" Wallstrom on RockUnited.com
www.rockunited.com/
The JADE: "Seconds Away From Salvation" 8
TSM/SLW 2010
Review by Urban "Wally" Wallstrom,
8 Mars 2010
The Jade, Helsinki-based alternative (?) rock band from Finland. According to their info-sheet and press release of course. Not quite sure what's so "alternative" about this band really? We must have completely different issues and ideas about music genres and the whole meaning of the word. This is very much a mainstream rock CD of today, plus a dash of the old seventies glam. Alternative? I think not... but they're good... no matter what they're trying to sell us.
My interest lies mainly in the sound/songs and there is certainly a variety on their debut album, "Seconds Away From Salvation". It's actually a fun mixture of influences and sounds of everything from My Chemical Romance, HIM, to Hanoi Rocks and David Bowie. Wille Rosén's vocals swaying between an angry Bob Bryar and a posh David Bowie are ragged-edge and there's hardly a trace of the typical finn-accent of the past (great!). The playing is compelling indeed and the emotional display of such textured work as on "Everlasting Memorial", "The Flame", "Roseare Sky", will certainly have any post-emo rocker up and cheering for the home team in no time.
The production by Hannu Liden and Petri Majuri of several Hanoi Rocks' efforts is very impressive too. The real heart and core of the CD comes with a string of fine uptempo emo/glam rockers and The Jade are really up to something good here. Their rock cover of Pet Shop Boys', "It's A Sin", peaked at #4 on the Finnish singles chart and their CD has now been released in nine European countires, plus Japan. Indeed, this is a little gem for the fan of above mentioned styles and rock.
www.thejade.fi
MySpace site