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The Lone Crows – The Lone Crows (2013) review

July 4, 2013

The Lone Crows – The Lone Crows (2013) review

The Lone Crows “The Lone Crows” (World In Sound, 2013) 
Debut album from Minneapolis quartet offers
heavy metal thunder via nimble-fingered riffage, a tight rhythm section, and
confident, shrieking vocals that recall vintage 70s barnstormers Zeppelin
(check out “When I Move On”), Sabbath (“Can’t Go Home Again”, “The Crawl”), and
the ilk. The eponymous opening track hurtles through the room like a hell bound
train and establishes the band’s modus operandi – no holds barred barrage of
six string mayhem, throbbing bass lines and head pounding drumming.
“Heard You Call” suggests they lads have been
listening to all the right influences – it’s a pretty straightforward cop of
Peter Green’s riff from “Black Magic Woman” with a competent Santanaesque solo
weaving around snappy drumming. In fact, the band’s ace in the whole is the
always exciting twin guitar pyrotechnics of Julian Manzara and vocalist Tim
Barbeau. They know just when to wail and when to step back and let the songs
breath. Inspired jamming coupled with inventive soloing keeps the listener intrigued
– where are they going with this? It’s an exciting adventure you’ll want to
explore.
There’s also an interesting nod to 90s baggy
trousered psychonauts like Happy Mondays and particularly Stone Roses in tracks
like “You Got Nothing” which reminds favourably of the Roses’ classic “Love
Spreads.” Even the 60s gets name checked with the rather Doorsy blues vamp,
“Moonshine”. So for a trawl through 50 years of rock and roll history with a
defiant 21st century swagger (check out their take on Muddy Waters’ “I’m A Man”
via the chugging swamp demon, “Runnin’ Through My Head” – Foghat lives!), the
Lone Crows are a band to watch.
Review made by Jeff Penczak/2013
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