Self-released
Australian
prog artist Jacqui L has released her debut album that is a conceptual piece
that has ten tracks of intriguing music that will capture your attention. She
states that she is a scorpion/alien from the planet PP5, but let’s not hold
that against her.
Starting
with an a capella that did nothing for me, I thought that this was going to be
a hard listen, but then comes the first song with its Middle Eastern sound and
then it started to happen, “Frankenstein” got into my head and I had to hear
more. “I’ll Covet” has a great chorus and is a pretty heavy track that I just
loved from the start. As I continued to listen, the songs became better and
better, maybe this alien was corrupting me through her music, you never know.
With great songwriting and tight playing, this was continuing to draw me in and
then I got to “Cold” which had a great ‘70s vibe to it and almost a Supertramp
sound to the keys.
I
was thinking that this was going to be some sort of pretentious tripe, but it
really was a fantastic album from start to finish. The people from planet PP5
are coming, and they can take me as their slave, as long as I can listen to
this over and over again.
-Rick Ecker
Jacqui L - I'll Covet from Jacqui L on Vimeo.
Jacqui L - Frankenstein from Jacqui L on Vimeo.
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