I’m not completely sure that the world is ready for
\nretro-alternative rock, but Los Angeles-based Speak No Evil is
\npoised to strike as the leader of this new phase of musical
\nhistory.<\/p>\n
With a sound that combines the work of Alice In Chains and
\nSoundgarden (albeit without the rhythmic challenges of the latter),
\nSpeak No Evil’s self-titled debut album has the grooves down, but
\nneeds to inject a little more originality in the mix if they’re
\ngoing to stand out in the long run.<\/p>\n
The band – vocalist Curtis Skelton, guitarists Lisardo Rios and
\nDanny Gill, bassist Greg Weiss and drummer Chris Frazier – are a
\ncohesive musical unit, and they do try to push the envelope in
\ntheir own unique way by introducing rhythms and sounds that one
\nwouldn’t normally expect from this genre. “Small Words” illustrates
\nthis style, by combining an Eastern rhythm with a hard-rock nervous
\nsystem.<\/p>\n
For the most part,
\nSpeak No Evil<\/i> is a decent enough album, and the first half
\nof the disc is enough to suggest a strong future for the band.
\nTracks like “Lock You In”, “Stand Low” and “Hold Your Breath” are
\ntracks that are sure to win them many fans. Skelton is a powerful
\nvocalist, and he does help to propel many of these tracks into
\nrealms previously unknown.<\/p>\n
But what Speak No Evil needs to do is to figure out a way to
\ncarry that enthusiasm throughout an entire album; by the second
\nhalf of the disc, things start sounding a little old. While tracks
\nlike “All Is Well” and “Get Off” are not terrible by any means,
\nthey do lack a sense of originality. This is something that will be
\ngained only be experience, so I’m willing to give the band the
\nbenefit of the doubt.<\/p>\n
I’m also willing to guess that the music featured on
\nSpeak No Evil<\/i> takes on a whole new dimension in the live
\nshow; I’ve seen band after band deliver the goods onstage but have
\ntrouble carrying that momentum into the studio.<\/p>\n
Speak No Evil still is a band that deserves to be watched, and
\nSpeak No Evil<\/i> is an album that should attract a fair amount
\nof attention. But I’m more interested in seeing what this band is
\ncapable of in the long run.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[7381],"rating":[5612],"class_list":["post-38939","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-speak-no-evil","rating-rating-b-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38939","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38939"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=38939"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=38939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}