oh sweet jj!
“CEO Birthday” is the band’s latest treat to hit the web, another delightful interpretation of what was originally a hip-hop tune by Jeremiah called “Birthday Sex.” I just can’t get enough of these Swedes, more please!
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“all I have left is my soul, for left me with this winter so cold. take me away like I overdose on heroin. baby we were born for fun or maybe to sleep in the sun. a place where new waves come in, a place to begin.”
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Coming back from a vacation is never easy. When that vacation is 30 days of summer in Brazil in the middle of winter here, well, coming back is really, really, rough. It took me weeks to get my head out of a haze, but I also discovered my latest swedish indulgence, jj. After finding they were the one act I didn’t recognize in some year-end lists of “best records of 2009″, I burnt through jj n2 faster than I have any other album in months. A couple of weeks later, the harmonica melody and wave sounds in the band’s new single Let Go instantly transported me, once again, to a paradise beach sippin on cold coconut water and eating fire-grilled cheese. It is contagious and announces the band’s next release, jj n3, out in March. The new album also features an amazing cover of The Game & Lil Wayne’s song My Life, with a similar style to the band’s great adaption of Lil Wayne’s Lolipop entitled Ecstasy.
