Sometimes band names make me scratch my head; other times they seem like a perfect fit. EagleWolfSnake falls into the latter category, delivering a tight, energetic 31-minute debut that mixes and matches a trio of distinct personalities: raw, Clash-influenced New Wave guitar rock, big airy \u201980s rock, and at least one charmingly sloppy surfer-dude campfire song.<\/p>\n
In other words, a fun ride.<\/p>\n
Opener \u201cEmpty Weather\u201d is a 2:38 blast of raucous, retro guitar rock, the fat, locked-in rhythm section of bassist Eli Meyskens and drummer Ryan Malley topped off by the aggressive, shapeshifting riffage of guitarist Nick Bray. With all three contributing to the frequently ganged vocals, this power trio makes a big noise. Alternating between three or four central riffs, \u201cEmpty Weather\u201d becomes almost a chant by the end, a bounding, thrumming meditation on loneliness and reconnection.<\/p>\n
The similarly caffeinated \u201cValley\u201d delivers virtually rapped lead vocals over fast, dirty, repeating riffs. The one-sheet\u2019s reference to The Police\u2019s Outlandos D\u2019Amour<\/i> is a good one; \u201cValley\u201d and the punk-tinged, anthemic \u201cWe Are We Are\u201d echo some of the furious energy that earlier trio manifested on its debut, if not often after that. There\u2019s a certain sweaty nightclub danceability happening as well, in between references to \u201cshoving violence down your throat\u201d and \u201cpost-apocalyptic dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another point of reference comes to mind pretty much as soon as the high chiming guitar that opens \u201cWhatever You Say\u201d is met by rough, chanting, almost rapping vocals; Sublime, anyone? The highlight of this steady-churning number, though, is the tight, expressive guitar solo Bray unleashes over the rhythm section\u2019s steady urgings.<\/p>\n
Both \u201dDo What You What\u201d and \u201cSigns\u201d open with big, airy \u201980s guitars before offsetting them with more scruffy, almost chanted vocals full of Joe Strummer attitude. In between, the loose, loping \u201cAre You Alright?\u201d offers a sunnier, more expansive psych-rock feel. Closer \u201cOlivia\u201d is where the surfer-dude vibe leaks in, a little Jack Johnson-y campfire singalong, complete with sloppy handclaps; every imperfection has been preserved for your listening enjoyment.<\/p>\n
EagleWolfSnake sounds a little like that incredible band your nephew told you he caught in some random downtown dive last month; they\u2019re disarmingly rough around the edges, but also clever, talented, and brimming with contagious energy. They\u2019re creating their own language and shouting it out to the world, and isn\u2019t that what rock and roll is all about?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":32492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[9702],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-44253","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-eaglewolfsnake","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/44253","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\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/44253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=44253"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=44253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}