Jerboah are happy to sing about important things… with a few jokes thrown in.
PRESS/ALYSHA CLEMENS
THOSE WHO CLAIM to play without musical boundaries very rarely follow through on such declarations. But one group of musicians that seem to buck the trend are Amsterdambased quartet Jerboah. A live set by them feels like a trip through the history of popular music. Not that the band are entirely free of labels, as EWI (electronic wind instrument) player Dodó Kis explains:“We describe ourselves as genrebending worldbeat and post-pop.”
Jerboah’s instrumentation is highly unusual. Guitar and drums combine with the recorder and vocal talents of Brit Sarah Jeffery, while Kis’ EWI provides both bass lines and synth-style solos. This unexpected configuration evolved from the band’s original 2014 line-up, which was augmented in 2016 when Kis and Argentinian drummer Marcos Baggiani joined. It was this ensemble that recorded the EPs Bristly and Gnaw, but it took a global event to bring about major change in their sound.