Portland's Jaguar Love is the newish band of ex-Blood Brothers Johnny Whitney and Cody Votolatoalong with ex-Pretty Girls Make Graves multi-instrumentalist J Clark: On their Matador full-length debut Take Me To The Sea, Whitney sang (and added keyboards) and Votolato handled guitar and some bass; Clark did drums, bass, keyboards, and recorded it.That said, you'll hear more Blood Brothers in the mix, largely due to Whitney's signature idiosyncratic vocal approach/tone. Lead track "Highways of Gold" could very well remind you of the Brothers making like a kept-under-control Mars Volta giving a shot at a 3:15 pop song.
Jaguar Love - "Highways Of Gold" (MP3)
You can hear more at their MySpace.
Take Me To The Sea is out 8/19 via Matador. Fresh off Siren Fest, Jaguar Love are out on tour, often with the not-so revived Faint:
07/29 - Denver, CO @ Ogden Theater %
07/30 - Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue %
08/01 - Vancouver, CA @ Commodore Ballroom %
08/02 - Redmond, WA @ The Old Firehouse
08/03 - Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom %
08/05 - Burlington, VT @ U Of VT Davis Center Grand Ballroom %
08/06 - Long Beach, CA @ Que Sera #
08/07 - Los Angeles, CA @ Henry Fonda Theater %
08/08 - Anaheim, CA @Chain Reaction #
08/09 - San Diego, CA @ Soma %
08/11 - Austin, TX @ La Zona Rosa
08/12 - Dallas, TX @ Palladium Ballroom %
08/14 - Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse %
08/15 - Carrboro, NC @Cat's Cradle %
08/16 - Washington D.C. @ 9:30 Club %
08/17 - Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero Theater %
08/19 - Brooklyn, NY @Southpaw
08/20 - Dallas, TX @ Palladium Loft
08/20 - Dallas, TX @ Palladium Ballroom %
08/21 - Toronto, CA @ The Opera House %
08/22 - Chicago, IL @ Vic Theater %
08/23 - Omaha, NE @ Sokol Auditorium %
% w/ the Faint
# w/ Crystal Antlers
[Photo by Michael Lavine]
