Jadiid: It's Ok, Be Anxious .... but you can finally buy it today!

Africa mp3 It’s Ok, Be Anxious, Jadiid ….. buy it

I was writing up a review of this album by Jadiid and when I went searching for lyrics… well damn, up popped a review I wrote for it already!

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So here it is again, because Jadiid are having their CD release party this Wednesday at The Tonic Room and you’d better go buy this album. I love it even more now, all these months later.

from Dec 18, 2008:

“Matt from Jadiid sent me their new album the moment it was finished. I listened to it. It was good. And then I sat it down and buried it under a pile of this and that and never reviewed it. Well that Matt is a diligent person and he checked back a few times, I told him to keep bugging me about it because I knew I wanted to get to this, and wow! am I glad.

I’ve listened to It’s Ok, Be Anxious at least 20 times now and it’s fast becoming a real favorite. Eleven tracks that give me all the highs and lows I need, that’s what this record holds. They describe themselves as being soul-infused folk and that hits nail on head. From the smallest sounds of brush on cymbal to Matt’s vocals hitting that solid, mellow, high point where your brain just says “ahhh,” this record is lush. The guitarwork is not overly fussy, it’s the vocals and the lyrics that stand out. But I love how the guitars weave in and out of each other, and how the bass, played sparingly, strikes decisively. However, it’s that tinny piano, and that high-pitched shimmer of guitar that fades out into the ether, featured on a few tracks that I look for when I hear this album. That is, when I’m not simply singing along.

My darlings over at Knox Rd have a nice review and a mp3s of “Something To Follow” and “Blue On Blue.” You’ll find that they love it as much as I do. Pick up this album, it’s excellent, it’s a wonderful first LP by this Chicago band, and it’s gonna make your holidays so much less stressful, I swear it. xoxo”