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Having got confirmation from the man himself that his debut album will not be arriving this year, this is the closest that heads are going to get from him. The E.P. is a collection of his recent works from The High Plains Drifter E.P, through to his new singles. Heads looking for some sort of drastic departure from the norms we have come to expect from the transplanted Yorkshireman are going to be disappointed. There’s nothing here but the sharp rhymes and melodic beats that we have come to expect from Jehst’s works. Nine out of the eleven tracks are produced by him and his sound varies hugely from the the heavy piano chords on "The Trilogy" (Versions with Tommy Evans and Ricochet as well as the promo with Chester P and Kyza are included) to the sweeping strings of "1979". Other honourable mentions must go to Harry Love for his production on "Alcoholic Author", supplying Mr. Shields with a backdrop of chopped guitar licks to drop his science on, and to J-Zone for his complete embracing of English swear-terms on "Staircase to Stage". On the latter the two emcees’ rhyme style and subject matter work well together, with J-Zone’s tongue-in-cheek pimp steez facing off against the man who is a hero for all twenty-something heads who don’t know what a sponge and a bottle of fairy liquid look like. This does not really feel like an E.P. in the traditional sense of the word. It’s more like an anthology of some of his best-known works to date and it fits nicely into the collection. There’s even the interactive added extra bonus of Jehst in action live so anyone who has not seen the man’s face (Why so many blurry PR shots, Will?) can bask in his glory. No doubt its all part of the man’s masterplan to get us all drooling like rabid dogs by the time he’s ready to drop an LP. Pass the bib then.
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Jehst The Return of the Drifter EP