This post shall be another homage to the Blood Brothers. Prepare yourself.
Are you adequately prepared? Good.
Anything as artistically groundbreaking as the Blood Brothers unfortunately cannot last. I mean, look at what happened to Wham! After releasing five genre-bending albums that ripped the "scene" a new one, for reasons unknown the Brothers broke up. By no means do I wish to create gossip-driven controversy about the reasons surrounding the breakup, but I do find it notable that on final album Young Machetes, second vocalist Jordan did not have as integral of a role in the songs. He certainly took more of a background role compared to earlier albums, where often he had his own songs that were accented by Johnny Whitney's falsetto-on-acid vocals.
Furthermore, in their Dear John letter to fans announcing the breakup, the Brothers state that they feel it is best that their "futures move forward on separate paths." It would appear that there are only two paths: Jaguar Love and Past Lives.
The two post-Blood Brothers bands took only a few months to form and each is fronted by one of the two singers. Remember when Blink-182 broke up and Tom Delonge promised us all that his new band would cure AIDS, bring back orphans' parents, and provide us all with multiple orgasms? Well, Angels and Airwaves did not quite live up to the hype. Mark Hoppus on the other hand kept relatively quiet about (+44) and the end result was....well, a band that is nearly as crumby as AvA. Thankfully, neither of the two post-Blood Brothers have given me the enormous blue balls that AvA and (+44) did.
I initially was a bit of a "hater" (but not of the playa' assortment) towards Jaguar Love (Whitney's band). The demo they streamed on myspace a few months back made me tearfully mourn the demise of the Blood Brothers. That being said, I put all my faith into Jordan's band Past Lives and the musical gods looked kindly upon me, as the initial live videos they had streaming were fantastic. Then I heard recorded demos of said songs and they were weak in comparison. Then, on the other side of town in an exterminator's van that actually was a sexy surveillance van run by sexy alien agents from a sexy spy organization....from OUTER SPACE, I nabbed the Jaguar Love EP. Fuck yeah, muchachos, fuck yeah. It doesn't sound anything like that disappointing first demo. In fact, it is fabulous. But hey, don't take my ill-informed word for it, you web-gazing scoundrel.
As a bonus, enjoy some Blood Brothers:
