Rialto, Headswim, King Adora, Mornington Crescent, 3 Colours Red, My Vitriol, The Unbelievable Truth, Linoleum, Crackout, Cay, The Bravery, Wheatus, Strangelove, JJ72… I could go on… Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong.
A five-piece with a bassist called Panda (like ‘Joe Lean’ isn’t enough of a stupid name in itself), this lot are – as you just might have read about – Officially A Big Deal In 2008. They’re signed to Mercury, who obviously harbour (harbour – HA – ‘cause the video’s set beside the sea… et cetera) hopes of them emulating the success of another set of charmless indie sorts, Razorlight. And, in Lean and company’s favour, their titular lynchpin certainly has the looks to break the posters-in-bedrooms market. They’re super photogenic, especially in moody black and white.
But ‘Lonely Buoy’ is utterly soulless, absolutely nonsensical lyrically – a series of stuttered refrains doesn’t lend the words contained within any more significance, guys, and that thing about your jacket, what? – and completely lacking anything near a memorable tune the milkman can whistle. Great hopes for this year? Did any of the aforementioned make a dent on musical history?
Try harder, J-J-Jers, or do us all a favour and drift out to sea… sea, ‘cause the video’s beside the… and the song’s a play on… yeah, you get it. God there’s really nothing in this song to talk about, is there? It’s just so very dull. I’m going down the pub.
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What an absolutely terrible band.
Don't really want to waste my time even writing this reply to be honest.
i agree, they are
a really really awful band. saw them at the charlotte a few weeks back, and the overall feeling among the people around me is that the singer Jo Lean, is a cock. he was so false, and what's with his voice??
having said that, people will lap them up :(.
Agreed
I don't really understand where's the hype hear.
Unfortunately saw them twice, supporting CSS and the NME tour on friday...mediocre to be fair.
Esclusive B&W pics and review of them here
http://liveon35mm.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/joe-lean-and-the-jing-jang-jong/
Really punchable face
I actually don't mind this
but I agree with almost everything Mike says. The lyrics are dreadful (why does he need to watch these sparks?) and it is soulless but my main problem with them is the production, maybe it's my crap computer speakers but there's no depth to the song. I'm not even sure I can hear a bassline. It sounds really slight and like it could blow away if the wind picked up. Lucio Starts Fires suffered similarly but I think that had a better tune. I'd probably give this one 5.7 (six seems too generous).
I don't know what you mean. The lyrics are brilliant...
Sweat,
sweat
on lips
on lips
on lips
on sweat
on back
Ha!
INDIE MUSIC IS SHITE AND TALENTLESS!!!!!
The fucking joe fucking lean and the jing fucking jang fucking jong do not fucking help the music image of fag indie music, it is already a load of 3 chord bollocks that is completely fucking talentless. also why do fucking wank indie bands have to have such fucking wank names such as pete and the pirates or fucking ting tings. I agree with Hayward, this music makes my fuckin ears bleed, it is truely shite. indie music makes me more fucking suicidal than any emo music could possible, go and get some fucking talent, learn more chords, stop using keyboards to cover up your bollocks out of tune sound and a singer who doesnt sound like a drowned cat! ps joe hales your taste of music is shite and if anyone hears of a band called the poineers ignore tham, they are a pile of wank stain.
oh well....
kind of sad what indie has become, innit? this is one terrible example... fake fake fake and awfully dreadful.