Good Jumper

These collectives are from Moscow and St. Petersburg. They all brand themselves as exponents of energy and onstage immediacy. At the same time, however, they also make recourse to irony - and display considerable self-doubt.

Good Jumper are a joy.  Deliberately hopeless and wantonly waifish, they strike a bold pose amidst the norms of male performance in Russia today.  If we want a brief snapshot of where they find the inspiration to be so contrary, then we already have a selection of names offered by the band the...