Very much of the early 90s, Candlebox is one of those post-grunge bands that tended to emerge between 1992 and 1997 with regularity. Yet another Seattle band with a similar sound to the better-known bands of that city, the group nevertheless hit it big with the hit “Far Behind.”<\/p>\n
Yet the group had more of an impact that was at first realized, because they helped commercialize the sometimes-willfully-obscure sound of grunge to make it more palatable to the mainstream. Where Nirvana could turn punk and Alice in Chains flat-out metal, bands like Candlebox were safe but still somewhat credible.<\/p>\n
The music of Candlebox <\/i>mines a similar strain as Pearl Jam, that of a classic rock feel with slight blues leanings and the loud\/soft, minor-chord dynamics of 90s alt-rock. “Far Behind” remains the best song here, but by no means is the rest of this filler; as 90s rock albums go, this one isn’t half bad, if wholly derivative and rarely powerful or emotional, the way Pearl Jam’s best music is (side note: Is there a better rock release of the 1990s then Ten? <\/i>Discuss).<\/p>\n
“Don’t You” is a muscular opener and “You” has a decent riff that breaks open into a guitar solo (really) partway through. “Arrow” has elements of Guns ‘n’ Roses and “Rain” is a bluesy song that isn’t half bad, considering that blues never really played a part in the grunge sound. “Cover Me” sounds similar to what has come before but takes an acoustic approach.<\/p>\n
Candlebox <\/i>remains a solid, mostly unremarkable debut that helped set the stage for the commercializing of alternative rock. A sound so rooted to a time and place does not make for a classic album or a sound that ever breaks out of its mold, but the disc still has a few joys for those who enjoy this era of music. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":27122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[7185],"rating":[5614],"class_list":["post-38461","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-candlebox","rating-rating-c-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38461","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\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=38461"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=38461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}