No More Good News is the debut album by London based Canadian singer Jo-Jo O'Donahue and her backing band who now also perform as the current line-up for Eater while playing Burlesque style glam rock with classic rock edge.
The album opens with the glam stomp of My Babe, with some good crunchy guitars, loads of Oooh's and Aah's as we find out just how cool her babe is, what he gets up to with her, you can figure out what that guitar solo means, this is rocking good fun as well.
Oh Brother naturally has a bluegrass intro to a heartfelt song, as Jo-Jo sings a heartfelt letter to her brother who has very different life style to Jo-Jo and that's fine they can still be friends, as it slowly builds this is more of a country rock tear jerker, coolly sentimental in an almost Roseanne Cash kinda way.
No More Good News the raging, glam stomping, second single JoJo's deep vocals have been listening to lots of junk shop glam records modernizing it, as they claim there are no more song worth singing, which is surely an odd thing for any singer to sing. You'll be singing along with the backing singers in no time at all.
Hellhound is bluesy blowsy strutting tale of squalor, among the things you do to get by, survive, moving on to better or worse things down in the depths, that she's not sure if she seeks redemption for, or would rather just enjoy the ride, moving on into more Alannah Myles territory.
Were Just Animals has breathy vocals, as this tale of growing up, getting into scrapes before the cataclysmic bursts of guitar at the point it all falls apart, you have to flea to survive, to be allowed to be who you need, want to be, will be against the Ronno style guitar mangling.
Moonchild is slow late night, sitting on the couch, staring at the star's ruminations, this builds and builds into one cold winter's tale, as the voices babble on guitars and drums rising.
Is This The Dream has a soulful loving edge to it, as if she's finally going to be happy, no matter how much her demons are still with her. This is overblown supplications over that flying guitar.
Lungs has the feel of Blue Period kind of Nightlife Casualties style tune, of more goings on at the disco, who does what on the boulevard tonight, I hope you have as much of a blast as this song sounds like it is having.
Don't Get Too Heavy was J0-Jo & The Teeth's debut single with a glam punk sound with borderline widdly guitars, as the tale at the centre of this song about someone who threatens to get far heavier with Jo-Jo than she would like. This reminds me of Buck & Evans as this is glam Punk with a blues edge to it and full-throated vocals.
A Hungry Love is slow building hopeful song that you'll find that special one instead of just the next liaison before you move on, this is also about escaping, to leave your past behind, that is the theme of this rather cool debut album, I hope JoJo manages to get exactly what she wants without having to admit defeat.
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