Take Me To The Sea, Jaguar Love
Those ‘from the ashes' supergroups are often doomed to forever compare palely to their forefathers. In retrospect, was anyone really ever going to give a shit about the Travelling Wilburys?
Jaguar Love save themselves from this destiny by sounding very little like their old disbanded bands (Blood Brothers and Pretty Girls Make Graves). In fact, their debut Take Me To The Sea sounds very little like any one group prior. What one band could swing from the screeching pop metal of ‘Highways of Gold', to the campy hard rock Hedwig-like ‘Georgia', then trudging on to doo-wop punk in ‘My Organ Sounds Like...'?
As awesome as their prog-pop-metal cacophony is though, it's really just a backdrop for vocalist Johnny Whitney's staggering, screeching high-pitched soul. Loved or hated, it's the one ingredient that propels the band into their own realm. Far from an interesting prologue to two much-loved bands, Jaguar Love can easily stand on its own four paws.
Release: Album
To Cure: A quiet weekend
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