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Jaggery to Release In Cold Blood inspired EP
Private Violence Due out November 13
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"Jaggery exist as sonic liquid that fills numerous pigeonholes." --Boston Pheonix - Barry Thompson
BOSTON, Mass. (Aug. 22, 2012)--Finding the beauty in tragedy is the mark of true art. Inspired by the murders and murderers depicted in Truman Capote's In Cold Blood, Boston quintet, Jaggery has created Private Violence, a haunting EP that specifically draws close to misunderstood murderer Perry Smith.
Frontwoman, pianist and songwriter Singer Mali explores what it's like to identify with "someone who did something terrible" with her powerful voice and an intoxicating blend of darkwave, jazz, classical, ethereal avant-rock, and chamber art-pop. Private Violence will be released on Nov. 13.
Private Violence takes a turn for the macabre, adapting its title from criminologist Richard Rhodes' book, Why They Kill, which describes criminals as "differ[ing] from the rest of us in following through with private violence."
Capote described the 1959 murders of the Clutter family as "four shotgun blasts that, all told, ended six human lives." Mali and Jaggery opted for a more musical approach to the tragic Kansas crime scene. "Hostage Heart," the first song written on the EP, works as both a tribute to Perry Smith and as an ode of identification with the murderer. "I was looking at myself, and looking at Perry, yet also expressing the wonder and horror over what his hands were capable of," explains Mali. "Oh my god" is a dark, gritty jazz recounting of Smith's hanging, and the EP ends on the aptly titled "End Song," a wistfully sung ballad to Smith as a confused and abused child.
Jaggery found its footing in New York, writing and performing under different monikers until 2004 when the band began to take its current shape: songstress/pianist Singer Mali is flanked by a rotating lineup of musicians and instrumentation, including Daniel Schubmehl's West African and jazz approach to the drum kit, Tony Leva's often prepared upright bass, Rachel Jayson's avant-classical viola, and Petaluma Vale's glistening Celtic harp and backing vocals.
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### Praise for Jaggery"Although zillions of bands either experiment too much or just tell people they experiment too much, Jaggery exist as sonic liquid that fills numerous pigeonholes."-Boston Pheonix - Barry Thompson"Upon a Penumbra isn't your typical 10-track album, and Jaggery is not a typical band."-Dig Boston - Emily Hecht"Much has already been written about [Mali] Sastri's uncanny vocal range, but her theatricality proved equally impressive."-Boston Herald - Barry Thompson"Combining elements of theater, performance art, jazz, pop and dance, the Boston based band, Jaggery, led by singer-songwriter Mali Sastri, is turning heads with their uniquely original sound."-Metronome - Brian M. Owens"It is almost impossible to hear Jaggery's siren song and not have it touch some portion of your musical soul - and maybe have it open up previously unknown sections of it as well."-Boston Band Crush"A mess of insanely well-modulated vocals, viola, upright bass, harp, piano and drums, Jaggery produces delicate tunes that leave you somewhere you weren't quite expecting to be."-Brightest Young Things - Marie Formica"Jaggery audiences go silent and still like people appreciating raw, scary, beautiful wildlife." -Cambridge Day - Marc Levy"Years ago I heard the two debuts of chamber-folkpop band Jaggery. We are a few albums down the line now and the foundations are still recognizable."-Psychedelic Folk Reviews - Gerald van Waes"When singer/pianist Mali Sastri performs with her art-rock combo Jaggery, her voice conjures personas from haunting siren to primal demon."-The Improper Bostonian - Paul Robicheau
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