Maybe we should explain. It's not that we broke up, although that was the easiest way to explain our hiatus and experimenting, more like we wanted to try new things and break out of the whole "post hardcore" thing.
First we wrote a bunch of new songs, then we experimented with band names and ideas like: my mom's a werewolf, yellow knife, yell at birds, some of us moved away 3000 k/m to further experiment musically and with life, but in the end, we have put so much work and time into Jakartah and this new album: "Measure twice, cut once" that it could not be stopped.
2011 will see the follow up to "In The Nervous Lights Of Coincidence" come out. We will also be launching an official website. We're recording the vocals for the album in May at Raincity Recorders with Stuart McKillop. Stay tuned for more details as they arise. To quote my good friend Wes Cook... "Bye for now..".
Measure twice, cut once
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Punknews.org gives our debut LP 4.5 out of 5 rating
Not too long after Jakartah sent me their most recent full-length release, In the Nervous Light of Coincidence, for review, they decided to call it quits. Dang. Coincidence was seemingly released to little notice in 2008, and that's quite a bummer in itself, as fans of '90s post-hardcore would definitely dig this. The Vancouver act recalls signifiers like Jawbox, Drive Like Jehu and the more tempered Unwound stuff. Their vocals being a sort of restrained shout with a touch of reverb on them, it's a good establishing front for back-and-forth but rigid guitar work, like the lumbering guitars of "Liaisons at the Woodward Building." The bass stands out with some more distinct lines in "Rosa Linda Drank Anxiety" and the drifting measures of "A Thousand Miles Connects You to Me," but the most powerful rhythm that comes is the compelling groove that pervades closer "Tomorrow's on an Antique Wall." Granted, this album has a linear path that's almost too so. The dynamics aren't pronounced to their full abilities, but the band do excel in drumming up grizzly, rugged stop-starts and heavy, angular turns in cuts like "A Dire and Ever Circling Ghost" and "Hawaii Burns at Sunrise"--although, really, the band utilizes this method in just about every track. Some of the band's members have since moved onto a newer project where they say it progresses past the standard post-hardcore template. They've already done a hell of a job with this subgenre, so you've gotta think whatever's next will tackle another style quite well and be worth looking into.Not too long after Jakartah sent me their most recent full-length release, In the Nervous Light of Coincidence, for review, they decided to call it quits. Dang. Coincidence was seemingly released to little notice in 2008, and that's quite a bummer in itself, as fans of '90s post-hardcore would definitely dig this.
4.5 out 5 Link: http://www.punknews.org/review/9019
4.5 out 5 Link: http://www.punknews.org/review/9019
Thursday, November 19, 2009
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Exclaim Magazine Reviews Our Debut Album
Exclaim Magazine Review
By Nicole Villeneuve
Vancouver, BC's Jakartah confidently cite obvious acts such as These Arms Are Snakes and Fugazi as influences, but elsewhere, they've been called everything from driving indie rock to prog metal, and have even (really wrongly) been compared to the polished radio-core of Emery. It's easy to see why their categorization is such a guessing game -- on their debut album, Jakartah experiment with blending bottom-heavy post metal bass and dual riffage, intentionally sloppy post-hardcore vocal melodies and enough effortless time changes to keep your inner emo kid on his toes, and usually, they do it all in one song.
On higihlight track " A Young Boy Forgets About Heaven, " there's even a borderline pretty breakdown, and if it wasn't for the brooding minor key bed, these guys might have encountered some impulse Explosions in the Sky namedrops too. Some future self-editing could come in handy for the unnecessarily droning bits but in the meantime, Jakartah have produced an intriguing and, even with its potentially distracting smorgasbord of sounds, memorable debut. (Torque)
Link: http://exclaim.ca/musicreviews/latestsub.aspx?csid1=138&csid2=870&fid1=42503
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
MELOPHOBE reviews "In The Nervous Lights Of Coincidence" in less than 50 words!
Jakartah - “In The Nervous Light Of Coincidence” - Borrow It
Jakartah incorporate the strident urgency of hardcore with the precise, whirling architectures of early 2000s Dischord bands. Though they lack the dynamics of the instrumentation, the vocals stand out for their clarity. Jakartah’s need to be understood outweighs the emotional posturing of rage that is too frequent in their contemporaries.
Reminds us of: Ian’s Fugazi | a mellower Botch | June of 44
Recording new album in January with Stu!
We recorded our EP "Monumental Defeatests All Burn Alive" [Sea Section Records] with Stu back in 2007. When it came time to record our debut full length he was on tour with Daggermouth.
This time we're lucky that he's in-town. We'll see what record it's going to be with the obvious tension of Stu & his Canucks vs. Richie & his Maple Leafs butting heads that will hopefully resolve into a great album!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Sea Section Records re-releases 3 song EP
Our friends from Richmond, VA at Sea Section Records have re-released our 3 song EP from 2007. Except this time they added "Oh, it's dirty" the instrumental version.
This is the 3 song EP that originally got the attention of Torque and Victory Records. We never properly released it. It was recorded by Stuart McKillop and assisted by Max Slade.
Sea Section told us this EP needed to be out! It needed to be documented and so it goes... Now it lives forever. This features Marc Stonestreet on vocals, Erik Neilsen on bass, Drew Christie on drums, and Richard Fudalewski on guitars --as seen in this photo. Enjoy.
Sea Section Records
JAKARTAH - Monumental Defeatest All Burn Alive EP
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