jj – jj n° 2
Hearing the music of the mysterious and suddenly hot artist/group/who knows jj (lower-case) after last week’s abysmal Discovery release strikes an interesting contrast: whoever these/this people/person are, they certainly understand how to properly and ear-catchingly cross musical borders and reappropriate the familiar into entirely unique sounds, as this half-hour collection of tracks serves up deliciously tropical grooves, acoustic strums, audacious samples (“ecstasy” is built atop a sample of “Lollipop”…no, seriously), and serene pop vocals from someone whose gender I still can’t identify – this is shaping up to be one of the most refreshing little records of the year and an almost willfully perfect summer soundtrack.
8.5 / 10
Sincerely Yours
June, 2009