UNDERSTAND

After three years of silence this release came out and the plus is that it's a better album than Summersault but the minus is that it's by far not their best ever. So that leaves some explaining to do.

They open with Where in the world, a kind of ballad and typical Jadis followed by Is this real ? and Alive inside, two average tracks in my opinion. Between here and there is one of those nice instrumentals I always like by this band. Next three tracks are better than the first three, I have particularly a soft spot for Giraffe Chariot bringing out a very nice atmosphere.

But the superb highlight of this album is one of the best tracks ever by Jadis: Counting all the seconds. It starts ballad-like with a mellow vocal part but the last few minutes are reserved for Chandler at his best. Truly amazing guitar playing that brings me in ecstasy, the reason I love this band and probably will for ever. I wish all tracks were like this but that would be tedious of course.

Thanks to that last song this album deserves an extra star to me. So 4 this time.