JUPITER SUN/ Jupiter Sun EP/ I Wish I Was a Slumberland: "Not all San Jose bands have the urge to sound a little Vedder, er, better than the rest. Jupiter Sun is more reminiscent of jangly, guitar-based pop like the La’s, the Shoes or even the Stone Roses. A long moment of feedback opens this EP before dog piling into a lush world of fuzzy, melodic power chords. The tunes are satisfying, though a bit uniform and clean. “Blow Up” and Headlight Beam Reaction” contain all elements of seminal pop-song construction: a jangle here, a buzz there, power percussion everywhere, breathy vocals by Matthew Murdock even a touch of rocking glockenspiel and tambourine. My prediction is that if Jupiter Sun adopted faux British accents, they would go over huge in America. Luckily, with the success of this pleasing, toe tapping debut, it won’t get to that." www.jupitersun.com (Todd S. Inoue)