JEREMY GLOFF
PRESS ARCHIVE
Reviews of my '1987' album
Released
in 2008
-by Wade Tangelo
-courtesy of
Creative Loafing
If
lo-fi synths and high-drama lyrics turn you on, then 30-something
singer/songwriter/keyboardist Jeremy Gloff is your man. For his
umpteenth DIY solo release (he started issuing discs at a rate of about
one per year in '93), Gloff goes into Boy George mode with a collection
of gloomy club thumpers featuring titles like "Mistakes," "All These
Killers" and "Armageddon Sex."
"This
new album is a tribute to the music I loved growing up," Gloff writes
in the liner notes. And to his credit, every lyric is sold with the
passion of a true believer, even when relating a tale about a bad boy
dubbed "drama panties." 3 stars.
-by Matthew Rettenmund
-courtesy of boyculture.typepad.com
Jeremy Gloff was kind enough to send me his new CD, 1987, with the understanding that if I hated it I wouldn't plug it. He even said I could throw it away. I almost did! I'm pretty set in my ways. But then again, the album is themed to the 365-day period that happened 21 years ago, so I shouldn't be so surprised that I really kinda liked it. It's very authentic to the era, reminding me of the slightly off-decade Cause & Effect (they were so 1991...and one of them, tragically, has died, don't get me started on a Debralee Scott-esque eulogy again.) It also reminded me of the song "No Condom No Sex" for some reason and, of course, Peter Wolf's "Lights Out". Gloff's video for "Lights On" is below, but I think the album track "Armageddon Sex" is my fave.
-by
J.J. Vicars
-from cdbaby.com
Fans of Techno, Electronica, etc... will of course like this album -it easily stands on its own alongside its contemporaries- but what sets it apart from the pack is that it's a *must have* for anyone who was a teenager back in '87. Gloff is a strong songwriter utilizing many of the era's characteristic writing devices to capture the mood and feel of the times. BOYFRIEND starts off the album the way we used to gear up for a Saturday night. Songs like LIGHTS ON, GOOD FEELING and FLORIDA RAIN recall the radio hits of the time while ARMAGEDDON SEX epitomizes the reckless abandon we all felt living under the threat of the Cold War. LOVE ALIVE is the soundtrack to a movie scene- that scene of aimless drifting right before the movie's climax. If you grew up with FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH, THE BREAKFAST CLUB and PRETTY IN PINK you'll feel it too. The crown jewel of the bunch is the title track. If you were in high school in '87 this is YOUR SONG.
-by TBT
With some encouragement from former Prince protege Jill Jones (featured
in the videos for 1999 and Little Red Corvette) Tampa's Jeremy
Gloff embarked on his own '80s-styled bubblegum pop and electro
adventure. Powered by a cheap drum machine he bought at a
"way-off-the-radar" pawn shop on Florida Avenue, Gloff's new 1987 is witty, theatrical fun.
(Standout cut: Drama Panties).