New album: Jeanines || Don’t Wait For A Sign

Jeanines are Alicia Jeanine and Jed Smith; the latter making his second appearance on ATW this month. Don’t Wait For A Sign is Jeanines’ second album, and like their self-titled debut from three years ago, it is an instant indie pop classic.

At its core, Don’t Wait For A Sign builds on the best parts of the previous record. If you like that one, you’ll love this one. The high pitched choir like vocals give the scrappy indie pop a folky vibe, and even though you’ll find no loud distorted guitars in the sound of Jeanines, the simple upbeat instrumentation gives Don’t Wait For A Sign a level of punch I appreciate a lot. There almost is a punk simplicity and directness to Jeanines. They waste no time on detours, their songs are concise by design. In its 20 minute playing time, you’ll get 13 hits and an insane amount of earworm melodies.

Alicia Jeanine explained Jeanines’ formula for succes last year in a fun interview at Chickfactor: “I always say I write sad folk songs and Jed turns them into indiepop gems. So yeah, I handed them to him as simple acoustic things, and he transformed them into pop hits!” It’s a match made in heaven, just like Slumberland Records is the perfect fit for the band.

Have a taste of Any Day Now – video produced by a member of Artsick, another band we like a lot at ATW. Then press add to cart and order.



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