I admit when I saw
"underground swamp rock" I thought that meant zydeco, but The Merry
Jaynz are not zydeco. Maybe that is only for Louisiana. The Merry Jaynz are from South Knoxville, Tennessee.
Their red, yellow, and
green, along with the name, made me think they might be a little more reggae in
nature, or at least hippie. That isn't exactly right either.
As it is, in addition to
there being room for different misguided ideas about the band, there is also
room for more than one kind of band.
When the songs are
instrumental, they are really catchy bass-driven funk. "A Thing" and
"Soulmate" have completely different moods and are both excellent.
When voices come in, the
instrumentation is the same but the sound is not.
The messages are often on
point; "Most of Us (Dead)" sounds horrifyingly accurate. However, the
voices are kind of distorted, giving the music an almost psychedelic feel. It
reminds me of the music of a lot of my more counterculture friends.
That gives me some guilt
about liking the instrumental tracks better, but taste is subjective. I can
give The Merry Jaynz credit for filling two very different needs.
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