21st Century Grunge JBNG: Run (Independent/JBNG Music Ltd / 1 November 2024)

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21st Century Grunge
JBNG: Run
(Independent/JBNG Music Ltd / 1 November 2024)

Jaben John Groome leads grunge-rock fusion band JBNG. Groome is a bass player who started singing just last year, and Run is the second album for the project.

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 JBNG's Run offers a kind of friendlier version of grunge rock (they're calling it "grunge-rock fusion"). There's a melodic focus to the mix of guitars and synth, in other words. 

Interesting rhythms pepper tracks like The Narrator, a song that wouldn't be miscast as pop rock. That contrasts with the straight up rock feel of songs like Brutus and Disconnection, or Out To Get You, which leans into metal.

Jaben Groome's raspy vocals are delivered with personality, adding weight to the lyrics. They talk about modern life, with titles like Disconnection, Barely Know You, and See You In Hell. 

You get the picture.

A nice musical chemistry characterizes the band, and there's a sense of humour underneath all the dark observations. The tight musicality lights up all the tracks throughout the full-length album. 

JBNG are based in British Columbia, and along with Groome on vocals, the band is: Alejandro Yoshizawa on lead guitar, Jonathon Goldie on Rhythm, Tim Charman on bass and Matt Koopman on drums. 

For Groome, learning to sing began as a coping skill to manage symptoms of his bipolar diagnosis.

"I learned it helps, switching the nervous system out of fight or flight mode," he explains in a statement.

If you're fond of the genre, you'll love this polished and updated version. 

Personnel:  Jaben Groome Vocals; Alejandro Yoshizawa Lead Guitar; Jonathon Goldie Rhythm; Tim Charman Bass; Matt Coopman Drums

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