In 2015, the Birmingham\/Nashville powerhouse known as Banditos released their debut self-titled album full of roaring Southern rock, soulful blues, and rowdy garage rock. After a couple of years of touring to the support the album, they return here with a more expansive and sonically challenging listen that pushes the creative boundaries of these six artists.<\/p>\n
\u201cFine Fine Day\u201d starts off with a psych-garage rocker that sets the pace at upbeat, ultra-melodic, and both rockin’ and rollin’. \u201cStrange Heart\u201d follows and puts Mary Beth Richardson’s strong pipes at center stage, as the band takes a more classic rock approach through this moody ride. The title track \u201cVisionland\u201d then brings both male and female vocals together via a hazy, turbulent, and even more psych-influenced experience.<\/p>\n
Halfway through the album delivers the groove-filled and nearly funky \u201cThick N’ Thin\u201d and the longest song of bunch, the soulful country balladry of \u201cHealin’ Slow.\u201d The pace picks up quickly, though, with the highlight track \u201cLonely Boy,\u201d which is a surf-influenced jam song that presents a platform for all the members to shine.<\/p>\n
The albums ends strong with the heavy banjo and Americana meets jam influences of the aptly titled \u201cFun All Night\u201d and the retro, hushed feel of \u201cWhen It Rains,\u201d a tune that would be a great companion to Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot<\/i>. The last two songs present two vastly but intriguing styles of Banditos, with the lush and vintage \u201cStill And Quiet,\u201d where Mary Elizabeth takes the helm, and the rowdier country blues of \u201cDDT,\u201d which could soundtrack a trainhopping experience.<\/p>\n
It’s no surprise that members of Banditos cut their teeth in punk bands, as the grit is still present. But the band’s growth and ability to embrace so many influences makes them one of the most exciting out there today. For fans of legends like Etta James or Paul Westerberg, Visionland <\/i>will impress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":33285,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[10069],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-45095","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-banditos","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45095","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\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=45095"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=45095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}