release date: 1994
format: cd
[album rate: 4 / 5] [3,80]
producer: Craig Leon
label: Replay Records - nationality: Denmark
Track highlights: 1. "Vanity" (4 / 5) - 2. "I Died in My Teens" (5 / 5) - 3. "Shudder" (4 / 5) - 4. "Modest Us" (4 / 5) - 5. "Reddening Star" - 6. "Swirl Like You" - 7. "Chandelier" - 10. "New 5" - 11. "They"
Studio debut album by the Danish grunge rock trio Psyched Up Janis (founded in Sønderborg '89) released on Replay and produced by American musician and producer Craig Leon. The band consists of lead vocalist, guitarist and songwriter Sune Rose Wagner, bassist Jakob Jørgensen and drummer Martin Bjerregaard. Wagner and Jørgensen were old school friends playing in various bands before founding Psyched Up Janis. Initially, the drummer was Lars Meyer, but after relocating to Copenhagen, Bjerregaard became the band's drummer and they recorded their full-length debut.
The album was well-received by national critics but the release was unfortunately largely overshadowed by the debut albums by two other bands battling in being the most popular alt. rock band: Dizzy Mizz Lizzy and Kashmir. Both of which, I consider minor to Psyched Up Janis, who simply did not take part in much of the promotional part of selling their music. However, PUJ was my kind of a band, and their music was mistakenly unwelcomed by the public and the radio stations. This album consisting The album consists of 12 blazing compositions - of which I find 9 are actual highlights - and this was their masterpiece. They would go on to release another three studio albums before disbanding, and none of them were poor or mediocre by any standards but they simply failed to attract much attention. They were unfortunate to remain in a vacuum by the aforementioned bands and the Seattle-wave they had much more in common with.
