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In The Nervous Lights Of Coincidence, Jakartah

I'll be honest, I'd never heard of Jakartah until they sent me this album to review, but as it's being released on Torque/Victory Records then I guess we'll be hearing more of them in the future. For those in the dark, like me, the band hail from Vancouver, Canada and have 'a tendency towards prog-like time changes and heavy riffing', or so they proclaim on their myspace anyway.

'In The Nervous Lights Of Coincidence' is a decent record. I like that it's dark and brooding and has some handy guitar work and I like that it doesn't just play up to various trends and fashions - this is a particularly untrendy album, and I say that as a compliment. At times it does tend to brood and drift a little too much, but the better songs, such as 'A Thousand Miles Connects', are riffy affairs that will appeal to people who like bands such as These Arms Are Snakes.

It's something a bit different anyway - it sticks out like a sore thumb in my review pile for not having too many choruses and melodies, and at times that's a very good thing.

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