After a brief hiatus to see a few shows of bands that I've featured in the blog, I'm back with a new discovery, jj, a Swedish indie pop band that with a lead singer who's voice cuts through the listener like a cold winter wind off the North Sea. They released their first full-length album in 2009,
No. 2
, to critical acclaim and followed it up with
No. 3. jj isn't your typical Swedish pop band, if all you know about the Swedish music scene is ABBA, The Cardigans and Ace of Base, jj is something quite different. They are very atmospheric and their songs are crisp and very unique. How unique you ask, well listen to the three selections and see for yourself.
The first track from
No. 3 is "
Let Go"
.
"Let Go" by jj from
Secretly Jag on
Vimeo.
The second and third tracks are where jj comes at you from a completely different angle, covers of popular hip-hop tracks. The first is "I'm the One/Money on My Mind," a mash-up of The xx's "
Intro
" and Lil Wayne's "Money on My Mind." I admit, I have no idea who Lil Wayne is, but if you're a fan of indie dreamscape pop, you won't know that this is a hip-hop track turned into dreamscape.
The third track is jj's take on T.I.'s (who?) "Let Them Talk" and Akon's (again, I ask, who?) "Right Now" entitled "
Let Them." From my research, these are quite hardcore rap songs, but you'd never know that after jj gives it their dreamscape treatment.
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