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Album review of “Over the Sun and Under the Radar” from Jungol

What can I say about Jungol’s new album Over the Sun and Under the Radar?  The name itself speaks volumes of where Jungol is and where they are headed. They have indeed remained under the radar if the radar is the commercial success that they are surely destined for…and their music is far over the sun in that it raises the bar of what it takes to be a band that gains popularity in Atlanta. Jungol has raised the bar another notch with this new album.  Over the Sun and Under the Radar is a magnificent piece of artistry that continues to push the limits that Jungol has no doubt never set for themselves. Meaning that the sky, is in fact, the limit for Jungol.

Over the Sun and Under the Radar continues the theme on which a Jungol album thrives. Delicate vocals croon over waves and layers of electronic sound. Tribal beats and manic changes carry any lucky listener on a roller coaster of a journey through emotions and thoughts.  The album’s opener Another Life is an electronic soul filled entity mixing hi hat and cymbal filled drums with swaying and vast, carried out guitar riffs.  At times, songs such as L.A. Possum give hints of inspiration of 80s afro pop and power anthems. At other times, there is a sense of seduction found in the album that is profound. Songs like Before the Night offer a poignant and sultry experience with drawn out vocals conveying a deepness that you feel throughout the entire world that is Jungol.

Jungol’s movement continues to gain momentum and they have done nothing but accelerate that momentum with Over the Sun and Under the Radar.  The album stays true to Jungol’s indefinable experimental path…thriving tribal beats, soaring guitar riffs, electro pop power and skyrocketing and passionate vocals that will no doubt carry Jungol and Over the Sun and Under the Radar to the glory that they both undoubtedly ?deserve.

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