Everything that I've read about Jukebox the Ghost compares them to the same 3 bands: Queen, Ben Folds Five, They Might be Giants.
Okay, the main reason anyone says Ben Folds is because of the amazing piano melodies throughout their songs. And while I can see where they get the other 2 comparisons, I don't really think it's relevant. Queen is good, but old school. Jukebox is new and divine.
Their best known single is "Good Day", the first off their album Let Live and Let Ghosts. "Did everybody say what a good day that it was for everybody who said what a good day that it was...". "It's got a repetitive piano tune playing in the back that makes me imagine myself in some kind of scene from a movie. Like, where I'm driving in my car, and then rushing through crowds of people in the city. Then, "Whoops!!" there goes my purse, spilling important contents all over. Clumsy misfortunes happen, but I lock eyes with a hottie. We look back at each other, sort of foreshadowing what's to come and "BAM!", I am having a good day!
As I was writing the beginning of this, I looked up their album on Amazon. You know how on Amazon it'll always say, "Buy this, plus that, for one great price!" and they match up what you looked up with something similar they think you'll enjoy? Well, funnily enough, Vampire Weekend popped into my head while writing about and listening to this band. And, on Amazon, they've somehow entered my brain and matched up Jukebox the Ghost with Vampire Weekend! Crazy, right?! Ha!
Anyways, if you fancy uppity songs with pianos (I do!!!) then check out Jukebox the Ghost.
I like how Canadian Audiophile summed it up by saying, "All in all, Let Live and Let Ghosts is an exciting album filled with remarkably sunny and alluring sing-along-pop righteousness. Thornewill, Siegel, and Kristin are a taut unit who seem born to deliver records like this."
