This Boston based group has opened for bands as the Monkees, Aerosmith, Quiet Riot and Warrant. She points the finger like Alanis Morrisette, then tempers it with catchy chorus painless, just when you think its whiny girlie angst, guitarist John Parrillo lets out with a riff worthy of any hard rock band at their most demonstrative. The band consists of Tefft on vocals and guitar, Parrilo on guitar, Jeff St. Pierre on bass and Phil Antoniades on drums.
For an artist who got her start singing for her supper in the subways of Boston Jennifer Tefft and her band (and it is a cohesive band, not just a girl singer and backing musicians. Although she's been compared to Sarah McLachlan, unlike Sarah, she rocks out, consistently, and in an accessible way that endears her to fans of mainstream as well as alternative rock. Producer Fran Flannery, who also worked with Creed and Fuel, lends to the artfully blended songs such as "Control Freak" and the upbeat "Fly Away.", and the earthy, soulful "Unnerved.". Every song on "Shift" has its own signature sound, yet fits into the package like a chapters in a novel. All of the songs have been featured on MTV's "Undressed" (and they just might be the best thing about that show), as well as on a few hundred college radio stations. Jennifer Tefft's heartfelt, no-nonsense approach is certain to evolve and bring her music to an even wider audience - all it takes is one thoughtful listen, and you're hooked.
Retro Review
In The Heat Of The Night - Pat Benatar
Although it produced the anthemic signature song, Heartbreaker, Pat Benatar's 1979 debut album In The Heat of the Night, contained a finely honed mixture of hard rock and lush, well-produced compositions that treaded somewhere between 1970s AOR, new wave and belt it out rock. It's more "adult" vocally and material-wise than future efforts that saturated MTV in the '80s. The eerie, space-age vibe of the title track is eons away from the bopping cheesiness of Love Is A Battlefield, and the cover of the Sweet's No, You Don't doesn't disappoint those with the bombastic original firmly in mind. The true depth and power of Benatar's voice is most aptly demonstrated here, without a ten-track dependence on pop radio sensibilities.
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