New Music: Jeffrey Jerusalem – Grimace
posted ~ June 5th, 2009. Filed under: Music Reviews, Uncategorized.
Um, dance party anyone? Introducing Jeffery Jerusalem. Power-pop meets late-70s disco meets Justice. Mr. Jerusalem started working on Grimace as solely a recording project a while back but soon found that recordings only go so far. The people want to hear it live. With no reason to argue, JJ took to the stage playing house shows and small venues. His complex explosions cannot be re-created live, but to that JJ has a simple solution: he simply plays his recordings live and dances around to the music whilst sometimes singing the vocal hooks. Perhaps the best thing about his live show is the satirical element. Jeffery knows he’s just hitting play and wants the crowd to know it too. He mocks all those who bring their pre-recorded tracks to the stage and twist knobs around pretending to be performing by smacking the keys of his key board in nonsensical jest or twisting a few knobs himself and looking up at the crowd and demonstrating, “See? This is what real DJs do.” He also brings some percussion up on stage with him, a set of quads and a reduced drum kit. Jerusalem is foremost a percussionist, joining other notable local outfits Inside Voices and Powernap. This record is a dance party in a package.
Jeffrey Jerusalem – Disco Dry Mouth
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Jeffrey Jerusalem – The Mockery
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[SPECIAL]: I’m putting up the entire album for download here for a limited time due to popular demand. Hopefully this will only aid in the imminent success of Mr. Jerusalem in any and all of his endeavors and not harm his efforts in anyway. Love, Andrew