It's not often I stumble upon a band that I'd shamelessly promote or tout to my friends and family, I do that mostly with comedians I've heard, but Last Great Wilderness is a different kettle of sturgeon.
I "discovered" LGW by random chance. I was playing yahoo pool and bumped into the lead singer, If you can bump into someone on the net that is... anyhoo, while we were playing he informed me that he was in a band. I told him I'd be interested in hearing some of their music. He then went on to tell me that if I gave him my E-Mail address he'd send me a couple of their songs. So I gave him it & promptly forgot all about ever receiving any music from him.
Until I got two mp3's in my mailbox the very next day.
So there I am. Sat in front of my PC wondering whether or not I should download them and have a listen.
"What the hell" thought I.
Clickety click.
Download.
Clickety click.
Play.
One of the tracks had me sitting up and taking notice. A rare thing indeed when you're as scatalogical as I am. A jolt shot up my spine as American Pornography fedback into the sonarscape in my head. 4 minutes and 37 seconds later I played it again. The effect did not differentiate. A good sign. So I played it again. Still no change in opinion. To say I was shocked at what I heard would be an understatement. I was Nuked, Fried & Blown away. Get some.
A singer/songwriter just starting to hit the UK pop charts, with the track "They" from her debut album Finally Woken, to keep a close eye on is Jem. With tunes like Flying High, Come On Closer and It's Just A Ride it's certain we will hear a lot more of Jem in the coming years. Get some.
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