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I have to admit that J’Nai isn’t the type of music that I would usually listen to, but after having seen the band play live while opening for Faster Pussycat I liked the songs enough to purchase their debut EP entitled… J’Nai. I would not consider J’Nai a “metal” band but they have enough elements in their music to appeal to the metal genre.
The first track, “Skipping Stones”, kicks off in high gear before switching directions a few times. J’Nai’s vocals remind me a bit of Avril Lavigne’s, for better or worse, in that J’Nai’s voice sounds pretty young and just like Avril she does have a great set of pipes — for the record, I do enjoy most of Avril Lavigne’s songs. Because each song seems to have fast and heavy parts along with slower sections, I often finding myself really liking elements of each J’Nai song and waiting for the good parts to come back. A prime example would be the second J’Nai track “Accident” which starts off very slow before building into a catchy chorus and some heavy riffs. Why couldn’t the whole song be a bit faster like the chorus with those nice heavy riffs from start to finish? I think that the chorus on “Accident” should belong to another song! “Defeat Them All” is a heavier track throughout and seems to flow better than “Accident”. “In The Light” follows the same pattern as the first four songs with a catchy chorus but slower verses.
Track List:
01. Skipping Stones
02. Accident
03. Defeat Them All
04. In The Light
05. Away From You
06. Share My Life
07. Everyday
Band:
J’Nai – vocals and keyboards
Richie Nguyen – guitars
Stephan Nakamura – guitars
Dave Alcordo – bass
Rui Cimbron – drums
Production:
Produced by Mark Nakamura.