Native New Yorker Jana Peri has been a welcome sight at IPO in recent years, and I wanted to give her props for her solo album, which is a love letter to New York styled rock and roll. Her vocals are reminiscent of Debbie Harry with a touch of Joan Jett, whipped together in a Ramones-styled stew. The guitars have a strong Merseybeat influence on the opener “City Beat.” Fans of CBGB style punk will appreciate the theme “New York Proud” and the fast-paced riffs on “L.A. Girl” have both choice distortion and a melodic touch. The album treads a few familiar styles, as “All Your Fault” uses the opening baseline to “The Beat Goes On” and on “The Boy From Bayonne” is a Shangri-La’s flavored heartache story. Jana excels at both vocals and riffs here and makes it look easy. She leaves it all out there for you on the guitar filled epic “Lust” and the defiant attitude comes through on “I Wanna Rock.” A very noteworthy full length debut.
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