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I really thought I'd posted about John and Jehn after The Great Escape, but it appears I haven't, I saw them at The Hope late one evening, I'd never heard of them going into the gig but their write up in the TGE book made them sounds interesting, I am glad I went because their set was one of the highlights of the festival for me.
French husband and wife duo John & Jehn (with expanded live band) released their second album this year Time For The Devil (Buy) Apparently it's inspired by a short parable called ‘La Hora del Diablo’ by the Portugese writer and poet Fernando Pessoa - John explains: “It’s a beautiful reflection on the Devil who's described as a gentleman who would never intentionally harm a human; not a symbol of evil or an enemy of God. He feeds our emotions and inspires in us a love of art and of love itself, and the emotions tempt us and this turns to desire and frustration in our souls. The sentiments inspired many of the lyrics on the album, a desire to explore the darker side of the psyche.”! - What I think it means is ’80s-inspired atmospherics combined with dark-moody pop songs that all add up to a great album.
John & Jehn play:
4 Sep 2010 Secret forest festival, UNITED KINGDOM
5 Sep 2010 Offset Festival London, UNITED KINGDOM
8 Sep 2010 @the luminaire for THE BRUTE CHORUS album party london, uk, UNITED KINGDOM
Listen to the title track off the new album below:
John & Jehn - Time For The Devil by morrisday
Here is their BBC Six Music session from May 2010.
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John & Jehn - BBC Six Music Session, London
Tracks played:
Time for the Devil
And we Run
Down our streets
The video for their latest, brilliant single And We Run:
JOHN AND JEHN/AND WE RUN from john and jehn on Vimeo.
Here is the same song, but this time for Black Cab Sessions:
John and Jehn from Black Cab Sessions on Vimeo.
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