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| Jadis - Somersault |
 Released: 1997 Label: Dorian Music Cat. No.: JAD 001 Total Time: 46.58 | |
Reviewed by: Stephanie Sollow, May 1998 If you like IQ, Pendragon, and others in the same neo-progressive realm, then you will like Jadis. Which isn't surprising since original members Martin Orford and John Jowitt were also members of IQ. Only vocalist/guitarist Gary Chandler and drummer Stephen Christey return for Somersault, their third album. This is, like many neo-prog releases, guitar and keyboard driven. Chandler's playing is clear and crisp, the each note crystal clear, especially on the solos. There are times when he reminds me of Karl Groom (Threshold, Shadowland), if only a bit cleaner, and on even rarer occassions, makes me think of Steve Rothery. As a lyricist, at least on this disc, Chandler is fairly obscure as to what he's really on about. Read on their own, without the music, they seem to be nothing but non-sequiturs - individual lines on their own make sense, but nothing in a larger picture. And yet, with the music, they make perfect sense - if only by the choruses alone. The standout track is "Losing My Fear" - which is either about someone losing their faith or finding it again - or both. And "Batstein" has a piano phrase towards the end that sounds so darn familiar, but I can't name the artist (and it's driving me nuts). [Read also Bobo's review - ed.] More about Somersault: Track Listing: Live This Lie (8:44) / Batstein (6:52) / Speechless (5:34) / Losing My Fear (6:07) / Tomorrow Always Arrives (4:31) / Falling Away (6:50) / Hear Us (9:40) Musicians: Contact: Website: www.jadis-net.co.uk Discography
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