Artist: Jonezetta
Album: Popularity
Label: Tooth And Nail
Purchase: Smart Punk
Release Date: October 3rd, 2006

Overall: 8.5
Music: 8.8
Lyrics: 8.4
Production: 9.0

I’ll lay it out for nice and simple; Jonezetta is that smooth talking new student at school that is instantly friends with everyone. You would never know they were the newest band on the Tooth and Nail record label. Jonezetta are not messing around, they take “pop punk�/�indie pop� and cram a whole lot of energy into every song. The record is infectious and just flat out fun. It should get should get at least a few people dancing.

This record hits hard, like I said Jonezetta are not messing around, they intend to bring the fun, dancey rock music. The first six songs on “Popularity� come in strong and don’t’ let up until you get to “The love that carries me� which, even though slower does not lose the foot tapping drums.

My favorite song on the record would definitely be “Communicate�. It starts out with acoustic, and electric guitars and vocals then having the entire band slide into the mix. The chorus of the song “Isabelle, Isabelle it’s a long way home, to communicate� is one of the infectious parts I was referring to, It gets in your head and by the end of the song you singing along. The record flows very smoothly into the next song “Man in a 3k suit� which sports [The Killers] reminiscent keys.

I knew Jonezetta was a talented band and that this was a pretty good debut album, but I didn’t realize how much I like the record until listening to a few times. I think people will like this after the first listen but I also think they will enjoy it the more they listen to it. This is no doubt worth people’s ten bucks. Please support the band and go out and grab “Popularity�

Tracklisting
1. Welcome Home
2. Get Ready (Hot Machete)
3. Communicate
4. Man in a 3K Suit
5. Backstabber
6. Popularity
7. Love That Carries Me
8. City We Live In
9. Bringin’ It Back Tonite… Everybody Start
10. Burn It Down!
11. Imagination