Jupe Jupe Discography of CDs

Jupe Jupe albums Jupe Jupe clearly like to get their '80s on, but that's not a pejorative observation. This is a band full of left turns -- for instance, on first listen Jupe Jupe might sound British, but they're actually American, and while you might expect an American band of this sort to operate out of L.A. or New York, they in fact hail from Seattle. Obviously, the Pacific Northwest isn't exactly famous for turning out bands of new wave revivalists, but Jupe Jupe seem to follow their own path resolutely right down the line. On their second album, Reduction in Drag, Jupe Jupe come off like the wildly successful result of some musical geneticist's ambitious attempts to fuse vintage Depeche Mode and Duran Duran. Sleek and sonically supple, Reduction in Drag is a happy marriage of synth pop and Roxy Music-influenced new romantic stylings. And while those without a taste for '80s-derived sounds might not be able to find their way into these waters, anyone with even a passive appreciation for expertly applied, fluid synth riffs, drama-filled vocals, infectious pop choruses, and deft dance-rock grooves will be able to ease right into Reduction in Drag. And despite Jupe Jupe's preference for the musical flavors of another era, they nevertheless make those sounds seem entirely applicable to the present day. ~ J. Allen "Reduction in Drag," is Jupe Jupe's newest release-a sleek, multilayered soundscape fueled by generations of pop music and pop culture. After hunkering down for nearly a year to write and record numerous tracks, the band turned to Martin eveyear of Jupiter Studios-who has worked with a multitude of acts including REM, Modest Mouse, Robert Fripp, and Cornershop-to help engineer and produce the 10 songs that appear on the album. Jupe Jupe is composed of My Young on vocals and synthesizer, Bryan Manzo and Patrick Partington on guitar, and drummer Jarrod Arbini-veterans of the Seattle and Austin music scenes. Their first CD, "Invaders," released in 2010, spent over a month in the CMJ top 200, received rave reviews nationally and internationally from music blogs and magazines, and resulted in licensing offers from Hugo Boss, The Gap, "Keeping Up with the Kardashians," and more. "Jupe Jupe deliver their pop punch with a heavy dose of electro-casual finesse...Bits of glam are lipsticked on to some of the songs, giving them a nice edge, and the guitar hits with perfect shots of electricity."Big Takeover "They're obvious contemporaries of synth-laden bands like Chromeo, Cut Copy and Hot Chip...Vocalist My Young sounds like a volatile cocktail of equal parts Bryan Ferry, Dave Gahan and Simon Le Bon, and the band adds a starburst finish of midperiod Electric Light Orchestra to their sound as well!"PopMatters

Jupe Jupe music CDs "Jupe Jupe!pushes the envelope of song writing by merging airy electro-ambient synth with guitars and poppy hooks to lead the listener on a journey."-Seattle Show Gal Seattle's Jupe Jupe mix sci-fi and glam into a synth-noir cocktail and serve it in the genre they wholeheartedly embrace: pop. Taking their textual cues from campy films and the excitement of a late-night dance hit, Jupe Jupe provide escapist pop songs you can move to - in Milan, or alone in your bedroom. Veterans of the Seattle and Austin music scenes (Pleasurecraft, Maximum Coherence During Flying), Jupe Jupe frequently take the musical road less traveled, but never at the risk of losing their audience.