MP3: JR Ewing - Change is nothing (everything is)
So yeah, JR Ewing is breaking up. No big surprise really, especially considering the shelflife of so many other hardcore bands. Frankly, I'm surprised they lasted as long as they did. It's still a pity though 'cause their final album "Maelstrom" is the best thing they've ever done. I suppose it's good they decided to go out on a high-point, I just wish their recordings always matched up to their reputation as a fierce live band. Hearing their older work you can barely tell, at least to my ears. Stronger, more mature songwriting and a much bigger major-label recording budget usually doesn't equal success for hardcore bands trying to rise above the DIY level, but these dudes worked it out. It's also amazing how strangely prescient the whole thing feels - there's a definite theme of conclusions running throughout the record. From "Change is nothing (everything is)" (the song I've posted today) to "For we are the dead" and "Here I vanish", it now seems obvious that the end was nigh. Well, until the inevitable reunion I guess.
JR Ewing - Change is nothing (everything is)