Enumclaw
Entertainment - Tacoma, Washington, United States
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Enumclaw: Jimbo Demo"I'm just not for everybody / It's hard to accept," Enumclaw vocalist and guitarist Aramis Johnson sings on "Fast N All," the first single from the Tacoma, Washington, quartet's debut release. It's a fair assessment: One of the first things you notice about Jimbo Demo is Johnson's voice, nasal and raw, which may turn off listeners who mistake a feature for a bug. That unvarnished authenticity is what Enumclaw are all about, and it only amplifies their honest, emotional songwriting ("I'm not the person that I wanna be," Johnson insists on "Cinderella"). Instrumentally, the band—which also features Nathan Cornell, Ladaniel Gipson and post-Jimbo Demo addition Eli Edwards, Johnson's brother—craft a sound that's equal parts grunge and shoegaze, fusing the former's casually distorted disaffection with the latter's dreamy, effects-augmented melodies. There's nothing more exciting than a band than can bottle lightning while retaining so much room to grow. —Scott Russell
