To quote the Rolling Stones, “It’s only rock and roll, but I
\nlike it.”<\/p>\n
The third album from Columbus, Ohio’s The Big Creak isn’t going
\nto solve any world problems, cause you to have wild emotional
\ncatharses, or enable personal enlightenment. That said, that’s
\nabout the only complaint I can come up with for
\nJust Left Town<\/i>; what we have here is a great piece of
\nstraight-ahead rock and roll with just enough smarts to keep the
\nleft brain busy while the right brain rocks out.<\/p>\n
The Big Creak has been around for a while; a good seven or eight
\nyears of experience playing together has resulted in a tight outfit
\nwhose sound is professional, uncluttered, and precise. Even when
\nthese guys are kicking out the jams, they kick them out properly,
\nand I can appreciate that. Combine this with stellar musicianship
\n— from Aaron Bright on keys, Keith Maxwell Button on drums, Paul
\nGraves on bass, and especially Jim Koch, vocalist, guitarist and
\nprincipal songwriter — and what you have is a damn fine rock and
\nroll band.<\/p>\n
There’s a lot of good to be said about
\nJust Left Town<\/i>. “Love On Hold” is a brilliant piece of
\nwordplay about a guy who just keeps giving a lady one more chance.
\n“Derailed” is simply lovely; the kind of melody that sinks into
\nyour head and takes up residence permanently. “Wendy” is
\njust…well…funny. There are a couple of minor miscues —
\n“Corporate Superstar” is overly simplistic, with a couple of lyrics
\nthat make me wince — but on the whole The Big Creak is right on
\ntarget.<\/p>\n
I don’t know about you, but in the summer I tend to eschew
\ncerebral music for something more appropriate for driving with the
\nwindows down. The Big Creak’s
\nJust Left Town<\/i> fits the bill in spades, and comes heartily
\nrecommended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":26710,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[7025],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-37967","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-the-big-creak","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/37967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/37967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=37967"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=37967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}