The only reason I am reviewing this CD is because I believe it to be a really good collection of songs. I requested information on Jane Jensen from Interscope and they never got back to me. I had to buy this CD, which I don't mind when it doesn't involve some major record company that could easily send out a copy to benefit their bands, but apparently Interscope has some other agenda. I will give them some credit...I did get a free 12" single with the purchase of Comic Book Whore featuring remixes of "More Than I Can," the best song on the album.
A lot of you may already know who Jane Jensen is. She has apparently been in a lot of art films in New York and is probably most known for playing Juliet in the spoof Tromeo and Juliet. Anyone who ever wondered who was supplying the dreamy vocals on Oxygiene 23 for the Die Warzau boys...well, it was Jane Jensen. So, she's talented, beautiful, and a sweet siren...well, how is her CD?
I'm going to come out and say this because I believe it needs to be said. As much as I like this album, it is definitely not for everyone. There is probably something there to appeal to a lot of people, but this CD is fairly all over the place, so there's a good chance that you won't like the whole thing. This is not industrial...this is not gothic...this is not pop (some of it is actually really cool pop music)...taking into consideration what alternative is, this isn't that either. I've heard comparisons comparing Jane's music to Garbage. I can see this somewhat, but Comic Book Whore is like a more creative and quirkier Garbage. I really don't know how else to describe her.
A word in support of Jane...she writes her own music. Well, she
and a guy named Craig Kafton. She also plays some of the guitars
and does some of the programming, so this is very much her album.
(Victor Mejia)
