Jeniferever - The Beat Of Our Own Blood

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3...according to our Dave on Fri 08 Apr, 2011.

Hushed miserablism from these Swedish post rockers. The title song is a simple understated affair that isn't overly complicated and is well produced. It does break out into almost epic rock territory with its "Oooohh look at me I'm a song on some vinyl" and it's "oooooohh here's a chorus with delay guitar on it". That doesn't make sense, sorry. It's not that bad though. I should be mindful of my "reviewing hardness" here. It's just that after listening to these wet-ends I feel if I say owt too harsh about them, someone somewhere in Sweden will start crying their little arses off. Or maybe just chuckle at my bitter ignorance? It's a sensitive affair well put together by some guys who have fragile souls. If you're a fan of Appleseed Cast et al this will slip nicely into your record collection, right between your limited Vans collection and your ex-girlfriends jumper that you've been weeping over for the last 3 and a half years.

‘The Beat Of Our Own Blood’ is the first single taken from the forthcoming album ‘Silesia’ by the Swedish band Jeniferever. The single will be released on 7” vinyl backed with a new track not found on the album called ‘A Good Home’. The title track of the single will be available to stream or download as a free mp3 from the band’s website (www.jeniferever.com) starting from Monday 4th April. Another track from the album, ‘Waifs & Strays’, was given away free at the end of January and has been streamed and downloaded thousands of times, with a fantastic response in the blogosphere and Twitter. The Uppsala four-piece – Kristofer Jönson, Martin Sandström, Olle Bilius and Fredrik Aspelin – have previously been compared to some truly otherworldly outfits, bands with the ability to paint a world around the listener. Their soft-focus dynamics, their soaring climaxes and emotions-stirring textures earned the band the affections of in-the-know admirers. Whether Silesia breaks through the invisible divide between underground and mainstream is out of the band’s hands. But there are moments of snappy accessibility that will surely tick relevant radio boxes, given the chance. There’s a crack and strut to The Beat Of Our Own Blood, the album’s anthemic third track. “Goodbye to bright spotlights,” sings Kristofer, taking the listener into the belly of the urban beast, through the nocturnal eyes of a band never more alive than when playing to an audience. The euphoric swell of music and lyrics of the refrain (“To the beat of our own blood, we’ll dance along the lines of our bones / out with the history, in with relief and peace”) is a life-affirming call to cast off your burdens and follow your heart no matter how hard life seems sometimes.

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