Straight out of Thurmont, MD,
Faith In Jane has been busting balls, crushing heads and taking no prisoners
since 2009. The first few years of their existence the trio honed their skills
until they knew some serious damage could be done with the groovy, spacey and
jammed take on stoned out doom. And annihilate they do! I've been fortunate
enough to have witnessed them live on several trips up to Maryland and Faith In Jane is a force to be
reckoned with. Each new show brings something different and is always a natural
step forward for them. How does this translate to the band's recorded efforts.
Well dear waverider, read on about their brand new full-length, 'Sorcerer,
Sword, Smoke' and find out.
Right out of the starting
block in opener ‘Back To Earth’, messieurs Dan Mize, guitars & vocals, Brendan Winston, bass guitar and Alex
Llewellyn, drums, throw a left hook, followed by a right hook and then a
vicious upper cut that leaves me stumbling and gasping for air…even before ten
seconds has passed! When I finally manage to gather my senses, I am lost in the
wonderful world of Faith In Jane.
We all have our own
individual ways of absorbing the music we listen to. And it also differs
depending on what is being played. As for these gentlemen, all I recommend is
to close your eyes, crank it up and just let the band take you away on a
magical trip. Weaving back and forth between tempos, solos, jam sessions, you
name it, it still never gets boring and that’s a great accolade. Countless
bands have at countless times failed miserably trying to play above their
abilities. Not these guys! Faith In Jane do whatever they want so easily and
the end result is amazing. There are few, if hardly any bands nowadays, that
can unleash such free flowing music, especially on a record. Just check out ‘Stormbringer’ for instance. A heavy
monster from the start, but yet the band goes into different stages throughout
with the flick of a switch without losing stride or momentum.
The aforementioned ‘Stormbringer’ is along with the
ultra-doomy and trippy ‘Doomed Phoenix’, ‘Speaking The Wicked Tongue’, ‘Channel The Cosmic’ and ‘Infinite Love’ my absolute favourites
on the album. And they really bring out what Faith In Jane are. You should of
course listen to the album because it is a barnstormer, but the tracks I
mentioned are all you could ask for in any band. I guess you can call Faith In
Jane a free band, and what I mean by that is they do anything they want without
any outside pressure. And that freedom is priceless which is so perfectly
evident in ‘Sorcerer Sword Smoke’. I
wish more bands has the same guts to do anything they want to, instead of thinking
“will this be a hit”. If they did, the world of music would be a bottomless
treasure chest. Since this most likely won’t happen, Faith In Jane are here to
show the way.
Don’t miss out on this
fantastic music waveriders. I implore you to also check out the band’s
extensive back catalogue. If I’m not mistaken they have two full-lengths, one
EP and five singles out already, independently released, and can be obtained
from their bandcamp page. And anyone out there running a label should pick them
up because Faith In Jane has not shied away from the public eye…and
unbelievably they are still unsigned.
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