Everyone knows about Nick Jonas' little side project with his own band Nick Jonas and the Administration. My friend was lucky enough to see them live back in January, but I thought I'd give a little review on their album "Who I Am."
The album is very mature and not what you'd expect from a Jonas Brother, but it might be too mature. The first song "Rose Garden" is a great, mellow-rock opening that follows with the album's title track "Who I Am", about wanting someone to love you for you. But as the album goes on, songs like, "Olive & an Arrow" and "In The End" have this 1980's love-song vibe that doesn't really appeal to me. I love the very upbeat songs "Conspiracy Theory" and "Last Time Around", but "Vesper's Goodbye" will make you cry. It's a beautiful ballad that is followed by a great closer "Stronger (Back On The Ground)." Nick also does a cover of "Tonight", but he just really slowed it down a bit and didn't change much from the upbeat song we know from his brothers.
Along with releasing, "Who I Am", Nick released a live version of his song "Stay", which he wrote while on tour. The song became very popular with some of Nick's famous friends and it was reported that Selena Gomez cried during the song at his Chicago show. You can get the live song and two videos for $3.99 on iTunes. This song, again, has a very 1980's vibe that I didn't think went with Nick Jonas.
I must say, he sounds great without Joe and Kevin and he seems to really be growing up fast. This album proves that Nick is a very talented musician and an amazing songwriter. If he's producing stuff like this at 17, what will he be doing ten years from now?
You can follow Nick on his twitter account at twitter.com/nickjonas
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