Nojahoda ,Jahoda Witness Review

Overall Rating

Twelve varied and unique tracks that show the band's comical take on their music.

Can get rather annoying after a while.

Nojahoda ,Jahoda Witness - Released back in 1999 by Sony Music, Nojahoda's debut album "Jahoda Witness" was to be well-received by the rock music press, with Kerrang! declaring the album to be "the most refreshing debut of the year".

The tracklisting is as follows:
1. Intro
2. Therapy
3. Dog
4. Most Folks Know
5. Teach Me How To Fly
6. Cry
7. Pinata
8. Nojahoda
9. Drown
10. Flip A Coin
11. I Don't Have Time For You
12. Rabid

The album starts off with a weird 2mins 17secs intro of bizarre sounds and samples put into a trippy concoction of spooky, carnival-themed music. The band then lead you into their funky mixture of rock and acid pop. Their instantly likeable and strange tracks have a teenage anthem sound coming out from their seams that just seems to agree. With a veritable, vast array of samples and electronics put into each song's construction, the tracks sound finely worked with a crystal clear clarity to them.

As the album progresses, you are treated to a host of influences introducing themselves to the tracks. A definite punk sound seems to remain as a constant undertone to each track until it hits the surface with the track "Cry." The group splatter the music with a thick slice of comical insanity that is one of the only recurring themes within the album.

For a debut album, Nojahoda have produced a well-constructed piece of work that reflects the band's comical approach to their music. Unfortunately, the album does seem to slowly become rather irritating and after a twenty minute listen you will find yourself promising that you'll never play it again.

All in all, worth picking up for a laugh if it's on the cheap but don't go out of your way to find it. The track "Najahoda" is well worth a listen, sounding like a comical take on the 1996 track "Ratamahatta" by the Brazilian thrash masters Sepultura.