"I built a time machine for you and me"
JJCnV are an art punk threesome from Phoenix, AZ comprised of Dana Stern (vocals, guitar), Pete Hinz (vocals, bass) and Jeff Barthod (drums, vocals) and on the track Time Machine amid almost Black Sabbath-eeey guitar riffs and surf punk drums, Dana sings about time travel, love lost and love found. Her vocal aesthetic is 60's tortured romance drama and in some way I thought of early Blondie here. Dana and Pete are a duo, a couple, partners, married and share lead vox duties. Time Machine is a trip worth taking although it ends much too soon, I think, secretly (because I enjoy it so much), I wanted it to erupt into more heaviness and more rabid guitars. JJCnV hold a fair amount of cheekiness in their sound and attitude looking at the world sideways and realizing that cosmic jokes abound like the Pixies and the Dead Milkmen and I love that.
-Robb Donker Curtius
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
JJCnV combines the talents of Dana Stern (vocals, guitar), Pete Hinz (vocals, bass), and Jeff Barthold (drums, vocals). This art punk act from Phoenix is known for their sardonic wit, ruckus energy, and a hard to pin down genre. Their sound has been described by the press as everything from alternative to pop punk to indie rock to just straight “orgiastic” [JAVA Magazine].
Songwriting and lead vocal duties are divided between the husband-wife duo of Dana and Pete, but really, it’s drummer Jeff Barthold and his love of pickles that has held the band together for well over a decade.
Fans and music journalists often wonder what the letters in JJCnV stand for after a cease-and-desist letter stripped away the original meaning when the trio first formed in 2005. Everything from “Juggling Juicy Coconuts Never Vexes” to “Jellied Japanese Cockroach Nipple Vaseline” and “Jay-Jay Sea Envy” has been put forth, but you get to decide for yourself what the acronym stands for, according to the band.
JJCnV’s unique style has been described as a "nebulous" amalgamation of genres and their offbeat sense of humor has invited comparisons by the press to bands like the Pixies and Dead Milkmen. They’ve shared the stage with a variety of bands, including Melt Banana, Big Eyes, Deaf Wish, Jucifer, NoBunny, and Lenguas Largas.
Stays Up Late, the new EP from JJCnV, is set for release on May 8th.
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