Suicide Pact ur7h9vq2z. olu7d91o u41z8k71 yharj47q. One of the best prices: tinyurl/lk2khn4ex5bw732/98-5537 cqon740, 88039432712 || JJAMZ may be made up of members of name bands like Rilo Kiley, Maroon 5, Phantom Planet, and the Like, but its not some industry-concocted supergroup. The band is made up of friends who decided one day to put together a band as a kind of escape valve from their other groups. Somewhat surprisingly, their first album sounds almost exactly like a combination of all the members bands. You get the big power pop hooks of Phantom Planet, the strutting lite-funkiness of Maroon 5, and most importantly, the strong female vocals of Rilo Kiley and the Like all combined into a shiny and radio-ready package. Anyone expecting them to go off in some weird musical tangent, or to reject the corporate indie machine they all are a part of, will be disappointed. Instead, on its debut album, Suicide Pact, the group doles out super-slick modern pop (with the occasional off-kilter guitar or keyboard to liven things up) thats filled with razor-sharp choruses and hooks strong enough to hang your winter coat on. Songs like Suicide Pact, Never Enough, and Heartbeat feel like they were designed in a perfect pop research facility and built out of radio waves. The rest of the album has moments of uptempo kick (the very Like-like Cleverly Disguised, the peppy male/female duet LAX) , pleasantly downcast ballads (You Were My Home, Poolside) , and a lot of tracks that sound like a less computer-y Garbage or a less dramatic Metric. It would all add up to a well-built and fun, but somewhat empty, experience if not for one important factor: the voice of Z. Berg. She has the ability to give even the most generic tracks on the album a huge injection of personality and heart with her singing. She can croon sweetly, stalk like a tiger, or rock like a smoky Debbie Harry; whatever the song needs, she delivers. Her vocals on the bands inspired slowed-down cover of Tyrone Davis soul classic Can I Change My Mind are alone worth the price of admission. Indeed, apart from the handful of songs || kp4pfaa, b5ps1lp Disclosure: bit.ly/1Bdqlwe
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