Jane's Party feel good indie rocker and Christmas Postcard "I Want It Bad"

AP Track Review

In the wake of their recent full length release "Casual Island"- Jane's Party latest feel good indie pop rocker (and Christmas postcard) I Want It Bad is unabashedly gleeful with honky tonk / blues rock piano downbeats, snappy beats, cool guitar breaks and Devon Richardson's vibrant vox. He sings about letters to Santa while jingle bells keeps time. It is all about good vibes wrapped up with a mid 70's pop bow. The backing vox are big and sweetly lush. At around 1 minute 36 secs there is this stellar descending progs thing happening that feels so Queen-like and I love it. Welcome to the Christmas church of Jane's Party. Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme.

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Robb Donker


THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:

Toronto-based pop-rock quartet Jane's Party - comprised of Devon Richardson, Tom Ionescu, Jeff Giles, and Zach Sutton - have just released “Casual Island”.

“Casual Island” began as a set of home studio demos inspired by Jane's Party's experience supporting Tom Odell's “No Bad Days” tour across Europe in 2016. After returning home the band immediately called up producer Derek Hoffman (The Trews, Arkells, Elwins, Willa), and set up what would become the “Casual Island” sessions. Bassist/singer Devon Richardson says, "Derek is absolutely brilliant at taking what's initially unique and captivating about a musical idea and amplifying it a million times over". "So much of what made the final recordings came right from the original demos [not far removed from Tom Odell's own recording process]", says guitarist/singer Tom Ionescu. "This album feels very personal to us, like we're sharing that initial intimate experience when you're first coming up with the song and recording it in your bedroom", says keyboardist/singer Jeff Giles. The album features collaborations with DJ Skratch Bastid, Leland Whitty (badbadnotgood), Kirty and Matt Angus (Fast Romantics). Drummer Zach Sutton says, "for the four of us, writing and recording music has always been a collaborative process. Bringing in Skratch, Leland and Kirty is our way of expanding the family and getting fresh creative juices into the mix. Every collaboration has been a huge source of inspiration that challenges the way we approach music making".

Jane’s Party has shared stages with the likes of Arkells, LIGHTS, Blue Rodeo, Stars, The Trews, Sam Roberts Band, Lowest of The Low, Matt Mays, Tom Odell, Manic Street Preachers, and Lord Huron.