A) 01) southwestern 02) boy with a rifle 03) come to me 04) 1435 05) tv dinner
B) 06) hold on 07) slow summer 08) counting the people that walk by 09) 28 days 10) sleep on souvenirs
"Jersey's debut album is exactly the kind of thing an aural magpie would be on the lookout for; shiny, well formed and relatively unassuming. Counting members of The Notwist, Fred is Dead and Iso68 amongst their ranks, Jersey are purveyors of the often overlooked (but always welcome) digitally polished indie. Sharing DNA with The Notwist, New Order and Boy in Static, 'Lok' underpins its breezy exterior with tightly wound guitar pop that literally bristles through pent up momentum. Opening with a gently sighing instrumental ('Southwestern'), Jersey soon move into Alien Transistor territory on 'Boy With a Rifle', wherein multi-harmonised vocals ("Not young enough to be innocent, not old enough to be wise...") are underwired with rainbow coloured, gobstopper electrics. Elsewhere 'Come To Me' is a rougher take on similar territory to MUM's debut, '1435' drafts Lali Puna's Christoph Brander in dressed as Bernard Summer, whilst 'TV Dinner' has a vial of Nick Cave in its Mogwai nodding, monastic outlook. Very good...." Boomkat
"Hands up, if you’re bored of all the recent retro anankasms and crave for genuine pop music instead! Hands up, if you got time for the sort of music not dealing with elusive trends, music that does not lose itself in a theoretical discourse! Hands up, if you got time for music that wants to tell you stories (and that in case of doubt talks to you even instrumentally)! This one's for you: the debut album of Jersey. Carefully fleshed out, clear arrangements, beautiful voices, relaxed and friendly beats, subtle electronic sounds, fine melodies. A pinch of melancholy and lots of timeless moments warming up chilled hearts. All of that is eternalised in ten songs which do not adhere to the rules of traditional Singer/Songwriter patterns, but search for their very own ways instead. The some times manic, yet healthy attention to detail makes this record an expedition all the way through." Andreas Schiegl (Spex)
