Susan Frances
09/29/08, 09:14 PM
Animalsound - In the Forest of the United States
Record Label: Unsigned
Release Date: March 21, 2008
There are some lead singers in rock ‘n’ rolls history that are irreplaceable like U2’s Bono, The Doors Jim Morrison, and Creed’s Scott Stampf, and singer-songwriter-guitarist Jonivan Jones, alias Animalsound, joins their ranks. Jonivan’s latest release, In The Forest of the United States has 8-tracks which showcase pure rock conditioning relatable to Jeff Buckley and deep toned vocal moans liken to The Alarm’s frontman Mike Peters. Jonivan’s songs have a singular focus that stays fixated on pure rock spin cycles which somehow keeps the audience captivated even when every song almost seems to vary very little from one to the next. It’s Jonivan’s low register of stark timbres and vocal prowess that really make these songs give the listener goose bumps up and down the spine. If that’s not the standard for a great singer, then it definitely needs to be.
Tracks like “The Valley Below” and “In the Woods” are ledged in vintage rock herbals and bluesy intonations. There is a cool strut in Jonivan’s vocal moans that rubs the listener just right. The slender pickings of the guitar strings drifting along “A Dog’s Life” and “The Colors There” create a dreamy atmospheric and peaks in the center of “The Colors There” as Jonivan quickens the pace of the guitar cuts. The deep toned guitar chords of “A Revival” and “New Territory” have a primal rumbling that acts as a reflective glass of Jonivan’s vocal inflections, and the sleek guitar trills and their leisurely roaming coursing through the final track, which goes unlisted, brings the album full circle to a pure roots rock filament.
It’s really exciting that Jonivan Jones embraces roots rock so whole heartedly and brings out the genre’s emotive frequencies. In The Forest of the United States stakes out Jonivan’s claim on pure rock and his vocals are unlike anyone before him. His music has an aura that is friendly and good natured, but undeniably intimidating and protective of its rock ‘n’ roll turf. His songs have a professional polish with raw edges which show Jonivan’s maturity as well as his animalistic growls.
Jeff Buckley, The Alarm, Midnight Oil
www.myspace.com/animalsound (http://www.myspace.com/animalsound)
Record Label: Unsigned
Release Date: March 21, 2008
There are some lead singers in rock ‘n’ rolls history that are irreplaceable like U2’s Bono, The Doors Jim Morrison, and Creed’s Scott Stampf, and singer-songwriter-guitarist Jonivan Jones, alias Animalsound, joins their ranks. Jonivan’s latest release, In The Forest of the United States has 8-tracks which showcase pure rock conditioning relatable to Jeff Buckley and deep toned vocal moans liken to The Alarm’s frontman Mike Peters. Jonivan’s songs have a singular focus that stays fixated on pure rock spin cycles which somehow keeps the audience captivated even when every song almost seems to vary very little from one to the next. It’s Jonivan’s low register of stark timbres and vocal prowess that really make these songs give the listener goose bumps up and down the spine. If that’s not the standard for a great singer, then it definitely needs to be.
Tracks like “The Valley Below” and “In the Woods” are ledged in vintage rock herbals and bluesy intonations. There is a cool strut in Jonivan’s vocal moans that rubs the listener just right. The slender pickings of the guitar strings drifting along “A Dog’s Life” and “The Colors There” create a dreamy atmospheric and peaks in the center of “The Colors There” as Jonivan quickens the pace of the guitar cuts. The deep toned guitar chords of “A Revival” and “New Territory” have a primal rumbling that acts as a reflective glass of Jonivan’s vocal inflections, and the sleek guitar trills and their leisurely roaming coursing through the final track, which goes unlisted, brings the album full circle to a pure roots rock filament.
It’s really exciting that Jonivan Jones embraces roots rock so whole heartedly and brings out the genre’s emotive frequencies. In The Forest of the United States stakes out Jonivan’s claim on pure rock and his vocals are unlike anyone before him. His music has an aura that is friendly and good natured, but undeniably intimidating and protective of its rock ‘n’ roll turf. His songs have a professional polish with raw edges which show Jonivan’s maturity as well as his animalistic growls.
Jeff Buckley, The Alarm, Midnight Oil
www.myspace.com/animalsound (http://www.myspace.com/animalsound)