PMJ are not a band in the pure sense of the word. They are a phenomenon, a rotating group of singers, musicians, tap-dancers and all-round entertainers who mix and mingle and perform separately and together.
The brainchild of Scott Bradlee, PMJ came onto our radar about 2015. A keyboard player extrordinaire, Scott arranges and re-arranges songs into different tempos, styles, genres .. the effect is amazing, surprising and always exceptional.
His early core of vocalists, people like Robyn Adele Anderson, Morgan James, Haley Reinhart and Kiah Victoria, as well as oddballs such as Puddles Pity Party, make music like you've never heard before.
Everything they've done is available on YouTube if you want to see what they are all about and I would heartily recommend that you do a search, put aside a day or two and watch them from A-Z.
At the end of this post I'll put some of our favourites, but please dig deep when you have the chance.
Moving into the commercial zone, PMJ have released a number of CD's and this double vinyl LP. This album set is a great representation of what they do and how well they do it. The videos for some of these songs were recorded in Scott's old apartment where he came close to eviction, not only for noise but for almost setting the place on fire (watch the attached clip for 'Burn').
PMJ did world tours before Covid and hopefully will do them again. The touring players can be any variation of the pool of talent, so who comes to your town is always a mystery, but regardless, if you have the chance, go see the show.
In the meantime, watch the videos, buy the albums and enjoy the variety of PMJ.
Burn
All About That Bass
Such Great Heights
Creep
Royals
Maps
Careless Whisper
Sweater Weather
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