Jump into the Gospel is playing a Wednesday-night residency at Piano’s in June
Piano’s
158 Ludlow St.
Wednesday, June 15, 22, 29, $8-$10, 10:00
212-505-3733
wwwww.myspace.com/jumpintothegospel
www.pianosnyc.com
No, Jump into the Gospel is not a religious fundamental group trying to recruit new conservative zealots. Instead, it’s a crew of five dudes who play exhilarating synth power pop rooted in ’80s grandiosity. And rather than striving for the ultimate redemption, they only want what most of us do: a little wealth and success. “I like my investments / I want my humvee mansion / I steal all the children / goddamn, I need a pension,” Louis Epstein declares on the funky “Humvee Mansion,” from their self-titled debut EP that came out this past February (and is available for free download here). On “Photovoltaic,” guitarists Epstein and Ben Vescovi, bassist Lakis Pavlou, drummer Chris Stein, and keyboardist Erik Tonnesen play a ridiculously catchy hook that you’ll swear you’ve heard before, but don’t think too hard about it and just let it take you away. On their recently released pre-apocalyptic single, “2012,” Epstein sings, “The end’s not your friend”; no, for this up-and-coming New York City band, the beginning is looking a lot friendlier. JITG will be continuing a 10:00 Wednesday-night residency at Piano’s, where they’ll be playing June 15 with Imaginary Cities, the Stationary Set, Living Days, and the Twees, June 22 with Sleepy Vikings, the Stationary Set, the Rassle, and Prospector, and June 29 with Evan Donahue, Sleepy Vikings, the Stationary Set, Fort Lean, and the Hussle Club.