Written by J.L
When the hype train that’s been chugging in the States is mostly dominated by hip hop acts, Malaysians celebrate music in every form. From K-Clique’s Beg 2 Back to Sekumpulan Orang Gila’s rockhestra single with Shila Amzah, music fans can’t get enough of new releases and sounds.
So when two of the most prominent figures in the metal and punk scene got together to form an unlikely entity, you know something’s about to ripple in the scene. JEMSON is born when Incarnation closed its final chapter 4 years ago, Najmi (frontman) then started to work on the ‘Jameson Project’, a new creative outlet for him to try out new styles. After experimenting a few sounds, Najmi recorded a single called ‘Rock N’ Roll Sampai Mati’ with Myo, and the song became the theme song to Myo’s travel show, Ride Hensem. The duo’s chemistry was so insane, they decided to form JEMSON, a spin-off of the original project name.
The band came out with a music video for their first ever official single, ‘Sakit Hati’. From the track, we can hear bits and pieces of rock classics from KISS, Van Halen and Poison, mixed with modern pop punk influences (from Myo most probably). The visuals, reminded us of the movie Rock Ooo!
JEMSON recently joined forces with Tala Records Asia to produce cassettes of their EP entitled Balada Cinta Kosmos, which will be available for streaming and headbanging purposes starting this 25th October 2019 in all streaming platforms. Till then, stay tuned as we review the EP.
