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Sure Juror | MP3s
DOWNLOAD: Sure Juror - GAWd (MP3)
One of my favorite albums of the year so far is one that I don't even think came out this year - actually I don't know if it technically ever "came out" at all. It's an album I just first listened to a few days ago on J Heartonastick's insistence. It's one I've barely stopped listening to since, and it's one that You Ain't No Picasso, Exit Fare, and The Underrated Blog have been raving about for months. It's a self-titled album by an unsigned NJ band called Sure Juror, and it's available (as MP3s) for 100%-FREE on their blog (you'll also find it on an indie-friendly torrent site near you). The track above comes from it, and so does the one below:
DOWNLOAD: Sure Juror - Ex Cuties (MP3)
More MP3s at Heartonastick. Their second album called Smut comes out soon too, and they have four demos from that one streaming on their MySpace (but listen to the first one first).
No scheduled shows at the moment. stay tuned.
Posted on September 7, 2006 6:49 PM
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Love this guys! I like their songs and I have one in MP3 already. They don't only have great songs but they certainly look cute.
Posted by cj83 | September 7, 2006 3:59 AM
ive known about these guys for a while now - good to see them getting wider recognition! :)
Posted by Anonymous | September 7, 2006 5:24 AM
It's back! Good call BV and others. Been listening to this album all day. Lovin it.
Posted by Chris | September 7, 2006 7:14 PM
this band is super. cant wait to hear what's next...
Posted by Rachael | September 7, 2006 7:40 PM
whats the name of this album (their first one)
Posted by Jacob | September 7, 2006 8:41 PM
I stopped listening after about 90 seconds.
Posted by Glenn | September 7, 2006 9:44 PM
BTW, for people downloading from their website DownThemAll is your friend.
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/201/
Posted by Anonymous | September 7, 2006 10:20 PM
as far as unsigned NJ bands go, American Watercolor Movement >>>> this band
Posted by Anonymous | September 7, 2006 10:31 PM
you should be talking about this band instead:
http://www.myspace.com/explorersclub
Posted by Anonymous | September 7, 2006 10:33 PM
homoerotica
Posted by alex | September 7, 2006 10:42 PM
mmmm... AMW
Posted by Chris | September 7, 2006 11:03 PM
This is real crap...
Posted by Anonymous | September 7, 2006 11:52 PM
is not
Posted by Anonymous | September 8, 2006 12:21 AM
okay maybe its crap but they're super cute in an OK GO sorta way which i don't think is a bad thing. treadmills!
Posted by Lawrence | September 8, 2006 8:24 AM
Just listened. I think they're really good. Good sense of melody. Thoughtful arrangements of otherwise conventional indie-pop. I guess they could be compared to the shins...not a perfect match but close. Voice is convincing and doesnt get lost in the music too much as is the case with other bands of this genre. I say check em out for sure. I'd love to see them live; I bet they'd be even better that way.
Posted by dave g | September 8, 2006 2:55 PM
agree mostly with dave. thought of the shins as well. intricate melodies, some of them a bit too ambitious and fail to hang together. voice a bit grating & pitched annoyingly for me at first; but I have a strong feeling though that it'll grow on me. lyrically average. But all in all, a good first listen and something that'll pull me back -- just due to the song structures if nothing else.
Posted by cw | September 8, 2006 10:57 PM
is brooklyn vegan now garageband.com?
Posted by tim | September 10, 2006 8:23 PM
one of the guys in the band tried to put his hand down my pants, and then he got me kicked off my college's radio station
Posted by danysloan | September 11, 2006 10:48 AM
What the hell? There are three entries about Sure Juror on danysloan's blog, and the only mention of what he(?) alleges is "When I first posted about this band back in June, my blog was a mere few weeks old and I was one of the few people championing Sure Juror, despite one of the members getting me temporarily kicked off of my college's radio station [it was all an accident though]." (http://exitfare.blogspot.com/2006/03/sure-juror.html) No mention of "[trying] to put his hand down my pants." Furthermore, Sure Juror is the blog's MySpace's top friend. (http://www.myspace.com/exitfare)
Posted by suspicious mind | September 11, 2006 11:04 AM
something is rotten in denmark
Posted by erin | September 11, 2006 12:40 PM
and james mercer is ten times the songwriter these guys will ever be
Posted by erin | September 11, 2006 12:43 PM
CSI: Blogosphere
Posted by danysloan | September 11, 2006 5:26 PM
this is just a shot in the dark, but are these guys real gay?
Posted by Steve | September 12, 2006 5:41 PM
gayest looking band ever.
Posted by Anonymous | September 12, 2006 5:48 PM
straightest looking band ever.
Posted by Anonymous | September 12, 2006 5:49 PM
james mercer is also about 10 yrs older, though...
Posted by Anonymous | September 12, 2006 8:32 PM
james mercer is also about 10 yrs older, though...
Posted by Anonymous | September 12, 2006 8:32 PM
Ew... you guys are all gay.
Posted by Bobby | September 15, 2006 11:26 AM
"james mercer is ten times the songwriter these guys will ever be"
-- this remains to be seen. Mercer's had 10+ years to develop. These kids just made a fucking record. It's nonsense to look at the work of artists still forming their sound and make silly predictions like the one above.
Posted by cw | September 15, 2006 12:35 PM
i think this band deserves some credit for their marketing ability. the "are they straight? are they gay?" angle, the suggestive photographs, naming their web site "fageater"...being that they're essentially a decent indie band in a world full of decent indie bands, i think their marketing angle is top notch.
Posted by geoff | September 15, 2006 2:30 PM