Hello everyone! Meet Jake, also known as Jacob Lemme. He's from Sioux Falls, South Dakota and has been a musician since the age of six. Over the course of his life he has learned to play more than a handful of instruments. Now I'm going to do my best to get you acquainted with Jake the album. Jake the album is an utterly fabulous romp through grunge, alternative and indie rock. This whole project is really about what Jake could learn while creating Jake. I'd say with these eleven tracks I learned a lot about ME so I can only imagine how Jake did. I am really digging this whole Jake/ Jake situation.
The first track is "The Kink in G pt. 1" and I gotta tell you, that is one hell of a first impression. It starts off as a sweet and sticky grunge piece and then right at the end he jabs the needle in and goes hard. It was at this point I decided I could definitely be friends with Jake the album. As for Jake the person, I'm gonna try and not force it on him. The songs are themselves very human in that they are complex and prone to mood swings. It's actually is quite moving. There's all sorts of emotions packed in here. Things like nostalgia, melancholy and my personal favorite, unbridled frustration. There's also moments that feel like pure productivity and others that are desperately trying to stop the clock, if even for a moment to try to get a handle on things. Sometimes these two themes coexist in the same song. The lyrics are gold for me. The lyrics are treated in a variety of ways but for the most part are kept at arms length which is interesting because his voice almost sounds like what's in your head. My favorite track in terms of lyrics is "My Euphoric Wire." Another song I found particularly poetic was "The Kink in G Pt 2." Sometimes he doesn't need to say much; he can just get lost in his own head which means the listener gets to do the same. His vocal performances are pretty diverse. He can be monotone and ironic and also classically howling at the world's monotony. I took this album out for a literal walk. I'm a train commuter here in Chicago and to me if your album can make me forget whatever psychotic thing the weather is doing and drown out a pack of wild Wrigleyville bros, you win. This album, combined with my noise cancelling headphones, held it down from Damen on the Brown line to Roosevelt on the Red line. One of the better CTA rides that I have had in a long time — so thank you sir. Needless to say, I've got it bad for this album and it's to the point where no one can tell me I'm wrong, not even Jake himself. So do yourself a favor and get with the program on this one, thanks.
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