A number of guitar bands who should really know better have been spewing spurious crap about there being "a dance element to our music" ever since Primal Scream gave "Loaded" to Andy Wetherall for a facelift back in the dim and distant.
However, while the generally refreshingly dour JJ72 have previously (and sensibly) shied away from this sort of thing, it's hard to deny that there IS an approximation of a dance-based backbeat - and an invigorating spring in the step - to "Always And Forever." It's good to note, though, that JJ have worked it into their template rather than the other way around.
So, don't panic, basically, 'cos "Always And Forever" was always one of "I To Sky"s glittering prizes and it fares equally comfortably when left on its' Jack Jones, with Mark Greaney's guitars panning around, Hillary Woods taking care of the subterranean frequencies and the whole caboodle working particularly well as a headphone listen.
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Another plus point is JJ's effective treatment of Chris Isaak's evergreen "Wicked Game", plus a memorable promo video (made by John Hillcoat, director of the Nick Cave-assisted "Ghosts Of The Civil Dead", if memory serves) featuring a frozen Greaney with just a dog and owl for company in a wood outside Prague. Obvious really.
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