With a tendency towards heavy riffing and prog-like changes, pounding out originals simultaneously challenging and compelling, Jakartah has established themselves with a relentless work-ethic and driving force in the musical industry.

Biog

The Vancouver-based post-hardcore act Jakartah presents a set of urgent indie-rock. Revealing a tendency towards prog-like time changes and heavy riffing, the Canadian trio's songs are as challenging as they are compelling, as evinced on the dynamic debut release "In The Nervous Lights Of Coincidence" [Torque Records / Victory Records]

Jakartah established themselves with a relentless work ethic originally playing higher profile local shows, recording a 3 song demo and scoring a deal for there debut album after playing 11 shows. Shortly after they recorded there debut album: In The Nervous Lights Of Coincidence with Jesse Karr (The Hive Studios) & mastered by These Arms Are Snakes drummer/engineer wizard Chris Common in Seattle (Red Room Studios).

After constant touring, one of those tours a stint across Canada, they began breaking ground-with rave reviews of there live shows and press coverage in exclaim! magazine and Alternative Press. To further promote the album a video was shot for "A Thousand Miles Connects You To Me" but was banned on MuchMusic for some footage of Vancouver's DTES in the video. Jakartah has shared the stage with These Arms Are Snakes, Akimbo, Ghosts Of Modern Man, Daggermouth, A Textbook Tragedy--to name a few.

The band spent 2009 writing there follow album and dominating local performances in the pacific northwest. 2010 will see a higher profile from Jakartah - a new album, national touring, and new management to boot.The band is recording there sophmore album in January 2010 with Stuart McKillop (Daggermouth, A Textbook Tragedy, Bison, Brat Pack) at the helm.