Part 3: Coping With Insignificance

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new-wave pop from Texas with strong colorful melodies, a lyrical bite and relentless hooks.

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Part 3: Coping With Insignificance
The Adventures of Jet
Manufacturer: My
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004TDAO
Release Date: 2000-01-01

Tracks:

End Of The Planet
Wasted Time
Don't Make It So Hard
Radio Noise
Rock And Roll
The Road
Six Red Devils
Lords Of Dungeons In The Air
Domino
Tell Me When It's Over
The Way Out
Blue Divine

Product Description

A kook-satisfying oh-oh of new-wave-styled pop from Texas' latest purveyors of skinny-tied tumble. A thirteen-song wack-out packed with colorful melodies, lyrical bite and relentless hooks brought to you by Joey Lagwagon's My Records.

Average customer rating:

Never has new wave seemed so...ummm...well....COOL!
The Best Band of all time!!!
Texas Rock Synth-Pop...eh?
grief reef
ITS 1980 & I JUST PLUGGED IN MY KORG KEYBOARD!!

Part 3: Coping With Insignificance
The Adventures of Jet
Manufacturer: My Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Pop | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B00004T20J
Release Date: 2001-04-03

Tracks:

End Of The Planet
Wasted Time
Don't Make It So Hard
Radio Noise
Rock And Roll
The Road
Six Red Devils
Lords Of Dungeons In The Air
Domino
Tell Me When It's Over
The Way Out
Blue Divine

Customer Reviews:

Never has new wave seemed so...ummm...well....COOL!.......2003-02-23

THE quintessential modern new wave album. This stuff is enterprising in every way. Aside from AOJ's trademark loopy synths & pseudo-robotic vocalising, the most stylish identifying factor of this band is its unique song structuring & chordplay.

Hop Litzwire & Company are masters at creating addictive hooks that decorate music that would seem to be almost impossible to hum along to. Often falling in & out of scale within the same song, the music is VERY unconventional. There is little predictability in the structure & underlying riffage goin on in each song. Then you add Hop's immaculate & tasteful vocal melodies & it all comes into focus. He has proven that a solid hook is worth its weight in gold. If this were an instrumental album, I might've had a hard time really understanding the logic of the chord progressions & songwriting. However, his pitch perfect vocal melodies bring these songs to the fore & the payoff is ultimately rewarding & memorable.

...Just consider AOJ the 2nd chapter in a band who'll hopefully leave behind a novel's worth of chapters for years to come. Rock forth, AOJ!!!

Oh, and with regard to the prior reviewer here...there is one band who is quite similar to AOJ & oddly enough from the same area of TX. Check out Chomsky, who now have a new disc out entitled "Onward Quirky Soldiers". Good stuff there too & you can't help but hear the similarities. :)

The Best Band of all time!!!.......2002-12-07

I would have to say after deep thought that Adventures of Jet is my all-time favorite band.They're the most unique band that you will ever find!! I have not found another band that even sounds remotely like them at all. If anybody knows of one, please tell me!! First of all, this is a great album. I mean it when I say there is absolutely nothing wrong with this album. Most albums you buy have some songs that you don't like and that you skip.Adventures of Jet does not have ONE song that is bad.Every song on this album is awesome!! Hop Litzwire has a great voice, the guitars are awesome, and the lyrics are great. But the most important thing in the music is the one thing that makes music awesome-a SYNTHESIZER!!If you like awesome synth bands like The Rentals, Reggie and the Full Effect, and Ozma(essential synth albums), you MUST get Adventures of Jet!! Get this album, and you won't be disappointed!!

Texas Rock Synth-Pop...eh?.......2002-04-01

Take a few kids with some spare time, give them some Weezer records, and a synthesizer and it would probably turn out similar to this. Every song is a gem and shouldn't really be missed, but then again, after doing such a thing, this cd shouldn't take up all your time just trying to find it. Even though bands like Ozma have taken this sound and turned it into something even Rivers Cuomo can enjoy, the Adventures of Jet are still gearing up to take that charge. Some songs are lesser than others, and some take the cake entirely. The lyrics are at times poor, but fitting, and the melodies and music leave you with a song in your head!

These are the cake stealers, should be tracked down and forced to share with the others...but then what would the fun be?

1 - The End of the Planet
2 - Wasted Time
3 - Don't Make It So Hard
4 - Radio Noise
10 - Tell Me When It's Over

After taking a careful approach in listening to these five songs, ask yourself what makes a catchy record, and then go back to listening, knowing the answer all along.

grief reef.......2002-01-04