THE ABBY JENNE BAND: Random Road

The Abby Jenne Band

Random Road

© 2004 Abigail Shatney (634479713828) (format: CD-R)

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Attitude with altitude, chock full of tragedy and comedy, Random Road, the AJB's much awaited debut album, mixes heavy metal with folk, country with alt. rock and is a piece so timely in its content, that she is probably being investigated by the FBI.

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In the snowy deep north a band was born. In the ski-bars and locals taverns a sound was created. In the pitch-black of sub-zero nights a voice was heard. And the people rejoiced!
Random Road is the synergistic efforts of the top vocalist and many of the top musicians in Vermont. It includes the lead guitar stylings of Bart Feller, who has travelled the world for the last 15 years playing in various bands. His influences are Nashville based, but his versatility is especially highlighted on this album. The very young and very accomplished Ezra Oklan, who has been quoted as saying, "Jazz saved my life," plays drums on the album. While co-writing Barre and Do-Something, and playing bass, drums, and guitar on both tracks, Ezra is phenomenal drummer whose creativity rivals that of any veteran twice his age. Stacy Starkweather, state musical genius and special education teacher, plays bass on all but tracks 1,2 and 11 because the band's regular bass monster Bob Senesac was out on the road doing a long haul in a big rig when we recorded most of this album. Abby Jenne is one of the most powerful voices (lyrically and musically)in the North East and it is about time she made an album. Sure to get critical acclaim and national recognition, it is a matter of time before you have to pay full price on Amazon.

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  • redneck love
    author: jason

    it's great live

  • Lyrics lyrics lyrics
    author: S. L. Michel

    Local Vermont live legend Abby Jenne does very well with a backing band, and the AJB debut CD is proof of her ability to move well between the stage and the studio. While live music is often all about the power and emotion of the moment, a recording needs to be complex and interesting enough to survive repeated playing. Random Road delivers -- with powerful, complicated lyrics full of moving images, moments of humor, sadness and wonder. With lines like "You're so easy to talk to, passed out on the floor" songs like Rocks in My Head manage to convey an excess of images with an economy of words. The music is full and interesting without losing its pop sensibility, and many fans of Abby's solo work will be pleasantly surprised by the way the band builds and supports her familiar songs, such as Brave New Woman, or Miller. However, new songs, like The Peasant, Tense and Johnson, VT are also real delights -- there aren't many filler songs on this CD. The ABJ has built a reputation for strong live performances. With this CD, they've proven they can also make a strong, and eminently listenable studio recording.

  • Voice of an Angel, Mouth of a Sailor
    author: The Reverend Nathan Brady Crain

    In a state knee deep with excellent singer songwriters, Abby Jenne and her band stand out as purveyors of truly original, highly listenable, thoughtful material, and stellar musicianship. No one can turn a lyric like Abby, and her voice is as sweet as honey. If you have the chance to see Abby live, buy the album and get to know her songs before the show, you wont regret it. If you can't see Abby live, then buy the album and wish that you could! This album is worh every penny at double the price.

  • Death to Folkie
    author: Zhang Zhimai

    Long time Vermont folk artist Abby Jenne has discovered her inner classic rock. While many of the tracks retain some of the 'folkiness' of her solo work (see especially "Miller", the ridiculously infectious "Brave New Woman" and "Tiny Wars"), the album makes good use of the band to give the CD a more powerful sound to match a uniquely powerful voice. The varied genres on the CD can be attributed to an artist seeking the song and sound to match her voice and stage personality. There are comparisons to made here with the late Jeff Buckley, another folkie struggling with his own inner arena-rock demons (by way of example, consider "Peasant Tense" or "Johnson, Vermont"). This is not a folk album nor is this a folk artist. Acoustic guitars and all, this is an album meant to be listened to as loud as possible. Lyrically, few artists are able to so incisively and creatively deal with the 'inner being'. Rather than reducing soul-searching and life's trials to mere naval gazing, Abby Jenne adds just the right dashes of humour and vitriol to her subjects. One quibble though with the humour: some of her songs, while quite funny, can occasionally wander into the realm of novelty song. ("Redneck Love" and the tongue-in-cheek "Barre, VT come to mind) Nevertheless, this is an excellent album from a local Vermont legend. While failing to capture the excitement of her live shows, it will serve as a good introduction to an important and rapidly rising perfomer who is seeking to turn inside out the cliche of the acoustic singer/songwriter.

  • author: 7Days Burlington, Vermont. Issue: April 28-May 5 2004 Music Re

    Abby Jenne and her band play socially conscience, mischievous, acoustic folk-rock. Her best tracks, like “Brave New Woman,” are quirky country-lite charmers. Jenne’s voice has a twang that reminds me of the Essex Green’s Sasha Bell or Alanis Morissette in her softer moments. There’s a bad-ass charm in lines like “So Miller, my darlin’/ Please hear me a callin’ /And get your ass back to the States/ ‘Cos although Canada’s cool/ I fucking hate school/ And I don’t neither much like to wait,” from “Miller.” Though the record is all over the place [genre-wise], it is generally likeable. Her cover of Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs” is an unexpected treat.... The best parts of the album cause a spontaneous grin and a good deal of toe-tapping. A nice debut from East Barre’s Star Pudding Productions. Colin Clary

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