Jakob. Jeff Boyle with guitar, Maurice Beckett on bass and Jason Johnston behind drums. Three guys from New Zealand's city of Napier. Three musicians who are so terribly underrated and so far from European/American scenes, that they still work on daily jobs, despite giving so powerful releases everytime they get into the studio. World is so damn unfair: if this band wasn't based on the other side of the world they'd be already first-class stars of instrumental genre.Whew... I listened to their music so intensively, that I forgot to post anything about them here. Probably, playing them again, again and again was as natural as breathing and I felt like there is no need to explain who they are and what they do. But actually, it's pretty opposite: unlike many post-rock band, Jakob has his own, astonishing style: complex guitar layers, slow, mesmerizing drumming, intense buildups... Well, everything arranged perfectly and it's somehow based on simple yet hypnotizing rhytms. To top it all up - almost all their songs absolutely crushing!
The variety of choices was enormous: frankly, I could post the whole 'Solace' LP here. Finally, I've picked 'Safety In Numbers', but that doesn't mean it's better than the other ones: as I said, all Jakob songs are simply awesome. Last year Isis took them as a support; hopefully someone will remeber about kiwis and invite them for a tour in Europe this autumn.
Jakob - Safety In Numbers
Artist: Jakob
Album: Solace (2006)
Track: Safety In Numbers
Track Number: 5
Track Length: 7:53
Labels: Midium Records (NZL)
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