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They could've fallen out of a high-school locker in a John Hughes movie. They're the best Lou Pearlman demos you've never heard.
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As darkly elegant as that pairing might be, no 3 manages better when its somber front is married to blithe surrealism, a feat jj accomplishes with skill and regularity.
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This mysterious Swedish dream-pop band's music remains hazy--mucho echo, blurry harmonies, soft acoustic instrumentation buoyed by generous synth strings, and a bright white ambience suggesting both sunny Balearic beaches and blinding Scandinavian snowstorms. Yet its emotions are conversely vivid.
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It feels like a genuine use of the source material; not even as something conscious, like a person that travels around hoping to find new sounds, but rather as an act of dialectical eruption--the past naturally coming back in a different form.
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Essentially, jj have offered a more rounded, somewhat slicker version of what came before, and to the vast majority of listeners the comforting embrace it offers will be welcomed.
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Their third album in as many years, JJ continue to gather a pace and 'No.3' will surely propel them further into hearts and minds.
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MojoA restful, even romantic experience, Kastlander echoing Tracey Thorn's plaintive soul, in a beguiling confluence of wan Scando-folk currents and American hip hop. [June 2010, p. 97]
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Uncutjj No. 3 is an irresistibly light-headed trip through lush, electronic pop. [Jun 2010, p.91]
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Q MagazineIt's hard to quarrel with the 27-minute running time when every second is irresisitible. [Jun 2010, p.124]
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Their ability to re-create shrewd discordant pairings in a second set of simple pop songs and still leave fans uncertain as to whether the duo are cleverly cloying or cloyingly clever is what will keep listeners in suspense until the curtains have parted.
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The duo strays into territories of pop predictability with lines like "The music stops/And the music drops," but jj's sophomore effort is nonetheless charming and imaginative.
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Under The RadarIt's the explicit handcrafted quality, indie rocks's loose regulations on sharp and flat, and a charming naivete that jj continue to pull off, despite their winking appropriations. [Winter 2010, p.63]
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There's plenty of pleasant stuff to sink one's ears into on jj n 3. There's just not enough underneath it.