RFY: Jadal

Next up on our ‘Reviews From You’ series, we introduce you to a Jordanian band, Jadal, who is taking the region by storm.

Ghabeh B’eed, the opening up track on Jordanian rock outfit Jadal’s more recent album wakes you up to the reality of the great potential of one of the Arab worlds fasting growing music scenes. A song the starts off with a slower tempo sprinkled with classical Arabic sounding vocals.  The classical sounding voice mixed with the slowly progressing speed of the musical arrangement almost has a Muse-esque sound to it.

 Ghabeh B’eed is followed by the very indie pop sounding “Ana bakhaf min El commitment” or “I’m Scared Of Commitment”. A song which combined an extremely catchy sound, lyrical content that anyone on earth can easily relate to, and a beautifully shot quirky music video to translate into over half a million listens on YouTube.

One of the more impressive tracks of the album, “Zad El Sheib”,

 Jadal is a group of extremely technical musicians who care deeply about the content and presentation of their music. The group has made a reputation for themselves of putting on extremely lively concerts. Their website also claims that music breaks boundaries, challenges the music scene. Their diverse fans, both rock and Arabic music fans, prove that music isn’t biased to language or background.”

Jadal’s songs are probably, out of any band from Jordan, give the most transparent look into the thought process of present day contemporary generation Jordanians. Their music has the sound and feel of classic America’s Weezer tackling lifes rougher edges of feeling out of place, youthful angst, broken relationships, and frustration with the forces that be that one wishes were not there in an almost playful yet careful.