People love Jesse and the Dandelions. Their second CD “Mutual Understanding” has been embraced by media across the country and is starting to make waves on the radio. People love the cheerful
melodies and ambient guitars that a lot of Vancouver based bands like Said the Whale have made their own as of late.
If you have seen Jesse Northey play, chances are you have heard these songs as many of them have made their way into Jesse and the Dandelions sets over the past year.
The Cd starts with the cheery “Looking at the Sun.”
They continue on the upbeat note with “Only Just Be Friends.”
Northey has an excellent, innocent, appealing tenor voice which has an ’80s pop Pet Shop Boys style feel.
Clean, catchy guitar hooks abound throughout this CD.
There are touches of ’80s pop and elements of the Beatles.
All together it just makes you want to smile.
“Break Me” is an appealing, haunting song as is “Mistakes Often Haunted.”
But even when Northey is singing something sad and mournful, it still comes out sounding pretty happy.
“ If you’ve got the Moves,” has a mellow psychedelic ’60s mood to it as s does ‘Sure Thing.”’
They end the CD with the opposite of the opening track— “Looking at the Moon,” which is a slower, sadder number with a catchy, pop edged guitar riff and some harmonized vocal harmonies.
Band: Jesse and the Dandelions
Genre: indie pop
