After being missing from the music scene for
5 years, Yesterday marked the return of
Jamie T. Carry On The Grudge has been released after much anticipation and has
not disappointed the fans and critics that have been waiting with bated
breathe. The three songs that were released to give a sample of the album
where; Zombie, Don’t You Find and Turn On The Light, all giving a different
insight to this album.
The first song to be
released was ‘Don’t You Find’, a slower and a track that brooded with much more
anger and feelings of loss rather than the past of taking a Sex Pistols
approach and taking the aggression out in short, loud bursts of energy. ‘Don’t
You Find’ see’s a new turn around for Treay's, but he holds onto the thing that
made him so loved to begin with, his lyrics. From the chorus “Don't you find,
some of the time, there is always someone on your mind, That shouldn't be at
all,In any place or any kind” to the verses of “And I lose as I win, And I'll
know where I go,It's got nothing more for me no more.” The darker undertones of
this song allow to reintroduce Jamie T to the world of music and show how he isn't resting on his laurels.
Zombie, the second song to
be released, is reminiscent of Jamie T’s earlier work with the energy and vibe
of the song in the rhythm of the lyrics and beat, showing he hasn't turned his
back on his earlier music styles and nor the energy that got him so noticed in
the first place. With the slower opening of just vocal and the strum of a
guitar, with a sense of disappointment in either another person or themselves
in the lyrics and tone, we are then hit with the energy Treay's is famous for.
With the lyrics “I got blood shot eyes, and there's blood in my teeth I got a
ripped up jacket and a friend who's a thief” with an air of sticks and stones
mentality and rounding off the song with the plea to stay “You make me alive
enough to love again” and a repeat of the chorus, allowing the song to follow a
traditional-esque style of song structure whilst containing the flare of Jamie
T.
Turn On The Light is the
third song that was released before the album, creating a middle ground between
the well known energy of ‘Zombie’ and the darker building aggression and
sadness of ‘Don’t You Find’. With more of a focus on the lyrics than the music,
not to say the music doesn't deserve attention, The stripped down effect is perfect
for this song with lyrics such as “It’s so dark in here, inside a life, And I know what it’s like,To feel loved and to not like yourself”
repeated in the chorus throughout the song allows a true sense of sadness and
yet hope to be shown. And with the final verse involving lyrics “Take me far
from this sweet city stench, Where friends all betray each other, And I'm just
another lover to a friend” showing the hope and desperation for better in the
surroundings; area and people entwined in an image.
From these three songs Carry
On The Grudge is already set to be a huge album and Jamie T will reclaim his
place in music as the voice for so many people.
Carry On The Grudge By Jamie
T – Out Now
