Album Review: The Jealous Sound – “Got Friends” EP
Posted on February 19th, 2009 by Josh Stern
Last October, The Jealous Sound released their first album in a half-decade: a five song EP entitled Got Friends, which contained three original tracks and two remixes. This is the artistic equivalent of sigh: a small release, containing little original material, crammed in towards the end of the year. It turns out, however, that this is more of a gasp and that Got Friends is all that’s left of the band and, presumably, singer Blair Shehan’s musical ambitions. Stories of him falling into a steep depression and disappearing have circulated the internet and there’s no way to verify their truth. It’s a shame that The Jealous Sound have broken up and that we have to wait so long for their leftover material. “Got Friends,” the first track off their recent EP, is nearly perfect.
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