http://stage6.divx.com/eattapes/vide...%5B10-19-07%5D

have fun!
and thank the guy.

I received "Pale Sketches" in the post yesterday. I haven't listened to it yet, but if the music is as beautiful as the artwork it's going to be something pretty special.

After two days of listening to "Pale Sketches", I can officially announce: It is brilliant. There is some really really beautiful music on there, in a Cocteau Twins kind of way. It doesn't actually sound like Cocteau Twins, but it has a similar sort of orchestral feel to it. To anyone who has listened to Jesu and even remotely liked it, I say: Buy this CD, and you will fall in love.


Oh, by the way, here's some tour dates:

30 Oct 2007 Bottleneck Lawrence, Kansas
31 Oct 2007 Marquis Theater Denver, Colorado
2 Nov 2007 Neumo’s Crystal Ball Seattle, Washington
3 Nov 2007 Hawthorne Theatre Portland
5 Nov 2007 Harlow’s Sacramento, California
6 Nov 2007 Great American Music Hall San Francisco, California
9 Nov 2007 Ex Plex Los Angeles, California
15 Nov 2007 Corporation, Sheffield
16 Nov 2007 Oran Mor Glasgow, Scotland
17 Nov 2007 Cockpit, Leeds
18 Nov 2007 Medicine Bar, Birmingham
19 Nov 2007 Cooler, Bristol
20 Nov 2007 Scala, London
25 Nov 2007 Shibuya Club Quattro, Tokyo
27 Nov 2007 Nagoya Club Quattro, Nagoya
28 Nov 2007 Shinsaibashi Club Quattro, Osaka
3 Dec 2007 La Locomotive, Paris
4 Dec 2007 De Kreun, Kortrijk
5 Dec 2007 Paradiso, Amsterdam
6 Dec 2007 Underground, Cologne
7 Dec 2007 Festsaal, Kreuzberg Berlin
8 Dec 2007 Star Club, Dresden
9 Dec 2007 Palac Akropolis, Prague
10 Dec 2007 Arena, Vienna
12 Dec 2007 The Garage, Milan
13 Dec 2007 Le Romandie, Lausanne
14 Dec 2007 La Laiterie, Strasbourg
15 Dec 2007 State X New Forms Festival, Den Haag
16 Dec 2007 La Cartonnerie, Reims

9 Dec 2007 Palac Akropolis, Prague

Hooray!

ha! i may be in prague then slavo. considering a revisit for my birthday!

where is that venue?

http://www.palacakropolis.cz/pakr/pu...Main/index.jet

Wow, that place looks really nice.

pale sketches, to me, presents a more trip hop influence on jesu, in addition to the dream pop and doom metal sounds.

a song is called "dummy", for corn's sake.

A "friend" of mine once told me that if I already have most of Neurosis's releases (which I do) I shouldn't bother with Jesu... because they aren't doing anything that Neurosis hasn't already done better.

I guess I should stop listening to my friends. It's about time I checked these guys out.

huh?

that's just plain ignorant.

they probably thought you meant isis (and that in itself is a big misconception).

I've actually had several people tell me that Isis are Neurosis knockoffs... as well as reading the same in countless reviews. I do own a couple Isis releases, and have honestly not been able to get into them much.

I'm gonna have to give Jesu the shot they apparently deserve, now that I know they aren't apeing Neurosis (who I love) or Isis (who I'm indifferent toward) or anyone else for that matter.

awww damn i was gonna go see them two weeks ago, but i didn't cause no one would come with me. also i only just got into them little before the showdate.

Finally picked up Lifeline the other day and was pleased, but a little underwhelmed.

It's good, but it just sounds like throwaways from Conqueror, nothing special...

...and the track with Jarboe kinda got on my nerves a little. I doubt this one is going to get much replay.

Yeah, Jesu and Neurosis are pretty far-off in sound. They both have guitars and play slowly at times. That's about it. And, for the record, Neurosis is a much better band in every respect. But Jesu is worth investigating.

Since this thread started, I think Jesu released 3 things. Ridiculous. Lifeline isn't very good, is it? I haven't heard Pale Sketches yet though I will real soon. That split with Eluvium also was quite boring. And he's coming out with ANOTHER split at the end of the year. I mean, Jesu are great, but dude needs to slow the fuck down, jesus...

I have a couple of uncirculated Jesu shows so I'm thinking of starting a vine - anyone interested?

If I'm thinking about the same show (2005-05-29 at La Locomotive): that was because Justin's guitar broke down (as you can hear at the end of the recording).

true, you can hear that, but the other songs weren't all that.

he was probably having gear problem the whole time, too.

Justin Broadrick of Jesu/Godflesh fame has teamed up with Jarboe of Swans fame for a group dubbed J2. The pair recently inked a deal with The End Records for the release of their debut album which is expected out this spring.

Wonderful.

yay?

i don't know, i liked that song on lifeline they did together.

I didn't particularly care for it.

I've never been a fan of Jarboe, and although i respect what she does, it's jsut not something that appeals to me.

I'm starting to think that Broadrick is running out of steam... Lifeline was disappointing, and I really don't think a Jarboe colab album is going to win any points with me, but whatever... Do ya thang, potna.