With Poetry No Relevance, the Irish/Dutch rock band Snatchin’ Jenny release their debut album. But already does this band have some remarkable achievements on their record: their victory on the Global Battle Of The Bands in 2004, a tour in Ireland and the recording of the title song for the Dutch movie “Buddha’s Lost Children”.

But opener ‘La Cancion De La Mierda’ misleads the listener: a threatening bass/vocals intro leads into a rather heavy rock song, but even though it’s a cool song, it isn’t that good a representative of the rest of the record.
This band obviously wants to show its versatility; this record contains sober tracks (‘The Promise’, ‘In You’), the heavier punk-like stuff (‘Textbook Material’, ‘Ramblin’ On’) fun, danceable songs (‘Laziness’, ‘Lullabies & Cabaret’) and even one track, ‘Queen Of The Ghetto’, that makes you think you’re in the US, chewing on a straw and catching cows with a lasso.

If you put together the corny and heavy tracks, you get the good combination that is titled ‘Sunday Moon’; verses accompanied only on acoustic guitar alternate with massive choruses and make this track a highly compelling one.
Closer ‘Constant Delirium’, a song sounding as if they wanted to give themselves completely, solo their asses off and drum the shit out of themselves for one last time, is the best one on the whole record and blows its listener completely away.

Put together, Snatchin’ Jenny brings us nothing new, but this band has made a record that invites its listeners to dance or mosh for their lives. That’s always a good thing.