Jakobinarina - The First Crusade

CD Album
1.     Monday I'm in Vain
2.     His Lyrics Are Disastrous
3.     17
4.     Jesus
5.     Call For Advice
6.     End Of Transmission No.6
7.     Sleeping In Seattle
8.     (I've Got A Date With) My Television
9.     This Is An Advertisement
10.     I'm A Villain
11.     Nice Guys Don't Play Good Music
12.     Spit Me In The Eye




"No nonsense, spirited punk rock that explodes in your face.  This band are hot and exciting property"  Artrocker


Jakobinarina have just announced tour dates with The Cribs, To My Boy, Kaiser Chiefs (Europe) and their own headline dates with support from Video Nasties.  Details below.

‘The First Crusade’ is pure escapism.  From the title to the jaunty ‘Leave this island for good’ chorus of ‘His Lyrics Are Disastrous’, Jakobinarina make no bones about their desire to go somewhere, anywhere, else, in order to make their mark.

Finding a portal to a better place via loud electric guitars is, of course, nothing new, but Jakobinarina play everything – Sixties garage, ramalamma punk, surf - like they’ve just invented it for the first time, and it is mightily infectious.

The thing, however, that marks Jakobinarina apart from any other for-kicks neighbourhood band is their effortless gift for hooks and melody. They could listen to a steady diet of the hardest hardcore, and still everything they wrote would be stuffed with memorable riffs and naggingly insistent keyboard lines. Almost everything on ‘The First Crusade’ could be a single. Even when on ‘Call For Advice’ they write three songs in one, they still manage to end on a once-heard-never-forgotten ba-da-ba-dah! ensemble sing-a-long.

Like all the best debut albums, ‘The First Crusade’ arrives fully-formed and without warning, making you feel instantly out of touch while at the same time redefining what you want music to do to you. It is anthemic, angry, swaggering, full of conviction, and most of all ALIVE! Now, whatcha got?

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