Direktlänk till inlägg 6 september 2013
The debut album by this Delta-Nashville band that mixes southern rock in the Lynyrd Skynyrd-vein with american roots music and as discribed on their web site; "The Black Keys of a bygone era", mixing in music of more modern style, but it's all through deeply roots inspired that's for sure. I also hear some inspiration from blues-great Joe Bonamassa. Melodic and wild, simple and complicated, this is music to enjoy whenever. I surely do!
The band has toured heavily following their 2 EP:s that finally led to this album.
1)Liar (8,0) Funky, wild, slow southern rocker reminding of Black Crowes.
2)Chicago (8,0) Slow heavy blues number and song full of life and harmonica. Good stuff!
3)Death letter jubilee (7,5) Calm and wild.
4)Jezebel (6,0)
5)Boogie (7,5) Too chaotic wild rocker but a very cool main riff and buildup. I'm sure this is a great live-song.
6)Out to sea (6,0) Acoustic.
7)Sing to me (6,0)
8)Drink it slow (8,0) Slow funky shuffle-southern rocker with a noisy guitar solo.
9)From the dirt (8,0) Continues the song before and it grooves like hell!
10)The devil's creek (8,5) Wild country-oozin' southern rock'n'roll with driving bass. Great!
11)River (7,5) Short gospel-soul vocal- and drum-song.
12)Jericho (6,0) Too chaotic and noisy.
Score: 7,25
Ben Ringel-vocals and guitars
Dylan Fitch-guitars
David Supica-bass
Ben Azzi-drums
Greg Hommert-harmonica
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