Turn this one up!<\/p>\n
This Arizona power trio\u2019s opening shot is a solid rock record, a half-hour of alternative-sounding rock that feels longer and more involved than that short run time suggests. Elements of \u201990s alt-rock (STP, most notably), modern-day Nickelback (in sound and thankfully not lyrics) and Arctic Monkeys, and even a bit of blues influence all coalesce into an appealing whole.<\/p>\n
Grunge holdovers like \u201cGive It to Me\u201d and garage rockers \u201cServes You Right,\u201d \u201cLike a Wiave\u201d and \u201cCan\u2019t Sleep at Night\u201d all could be good first singles; each one is a punchy, smart track with no pretension and just enough attitude to mask the vague feeling that one has heard this before. \u201cGet Off My Back\u201d and \u201cTorn Up Dress\u201d both have a swagger that recalls a diluted Guns \u2018n\u2019 Roses (so, Velvet Revolver), while \u201cDon\u2019t Let Them Get You Down\u201d veers briefly into Daughtry-ballad territory, but thankfully Joshua Kennedy is smart enough to avoid the plodding midtempo pablum of the former\u2019s songs.<\/p>\n
The best number here is \u201cHey You,\u201d which updates the classic \u201990s rock sound for the present day, Kennedy\u2019s sarcastic vocals and the guitars ringing together as one before a brief, effective solo. The staccato chorus break after that solo drives the song home, but the difference of light and shade, the subtle details woven in, elevate the piece above most standard rock fare. <\/p>\n
\u201cJudge Me\u201d closes this out with a hybrid blues that would have fit in nicely on Stone Temple Pilots<\/i>, that band\u2019s 2010 reunion disc (though without Scott Weiland\u2019s smirk). Kennedy and the rhythm section have created a dynamic \u2013 if somewhat derivative \u2013 piece of work here that deserves to be heard. Loud, preferably.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":31512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[9164],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-43213","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-the-black-moods","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/43213","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=43213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/43213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=43213"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=43213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}