The Dear Janes
Country of origin:
England
Type of music generally:
contemporary folk/pop
Status:
Most recent release, Skirt (2002)
See also:
The Dear Janes site
Comparisons:
Indigo Girls
Covers/own material:
Own
General comments:
They're a threesome—two women with guitars and one man with a stand-up bass. They promised that their cd would come with a razor blade since much of the lyrics are "depressing" and "dark." Live they're pretty acoustic-y while the cd is more produced and has a lusher feel. (brad@lightfallsdesign.com)i like their live performance better than the disc, but i still want to hang on to the record for a couple songs ("10 milligram girl" springs to mind). (woj@smoe.org)
A vote of absolute Yay! for the Dear Janes, and I haven't even heard the cd all the way through, yet—so far, so great! someone compared them to the Indigo Girls, who i love, and this time the comparison holds up and then some. I think I'll be listening to this quite a bit, for a while. (adamk@zoom.co.uk)
Comments about live performance:
They were lots of fun to see live—inviting the audience to come closer to the stage, silly bits about rock stars and prozac, and random utterances about afterbirth. Live they're pretty acoustic-y. (3/97, brad@lightfallsdesign.com)
Recommended first album:
No Skin
Recordings:
- Sometimes I (1995)
- No Skin (1996)
- Skirt (2002)
No Skin
Release info:
1996—Geffen Records—GEFD-25008
Availability:
Wide
Ecto priority:
Recommended
Group members:
The Dear Janes (Ginny Clee and Barbara Marsh)—vocals, guitars
Guest artists:
John Giblin—many basses
Speedwell—keyboards, accordion, bassoon, thai leaf
pablo Cook—percussion and all things bashed
Richard Evas—dobro, mandola
Produced by:
Richard Evans
Comments:
I reviewed it for my campus paper, and liked it a lot. (rkb200@is5.nyu.edu)I love the first two powerful tracks, but the album loses momentum for me when it gets slower and more pop/contemporary folk/Indigo Girls-sounding. (Neile)
