On their third record, Tad \u2013 who is undeniably the heaviest band to come out of Seattle \u2013 joined the ranks of the other grunge bands by making the jump to major labels. Joined by new drummer Josh Sinder, who is a powerhouse and one of the most ignored grunge drummers, and producer J. Mascis of Dinosaur Jr., the band set about to make something a bit different than its predecessor, 1991\u2019s 8-Way Santa<\/i>.<\/p>\n
One gets a feeling right off the bat that this is more of a metal record than previous Tad albums, but it\u2019s still got the grunge factor there courtesy of guitarist extraordinaire Gary Thorstensen. First single \u201cGrease Box\u201d is one of the heaviest songs the band ever did and the bass work of Kurt Danielson is something to behold. This is just awe-inspiring and endlessly fascinating. One can also hear Tad actually singing, which is a bit of a change and different than the growling and screaming he\u2019s done previously. This can be best heard on \u201cLeafy Incline\u201d and \u201cLuminol,\u201d and the latter actually features Mascis playing piano, which gives the songs a bit more of an intimate feeling than say something like \u201cJack Pepsi.\u201d Hell, \u201cGouge\u201d is more of a mid -empo track than the band had ever really done, but they pull it off really well.<\/p>\n
Songs like \u201cThroat Locust\u201d contain some grunge elements and heaviness that would\u2019ve blown Soundgarden out of the water. \u201cLycanthrope\u201d has more of a groove to it and that\u2019s all due to Danielson\u2019s epic bass work. The man is one of the most underrated bassists I\u2019ve ever heard. This was just the way Tad was, and it\u2019s things like this that earned the band the respect of its peers. It just took a little bit longer for the music buying public to fully get behind a band with this much gravitas. Looking at the song titles might not suggest this, but there is real power behind this material.<\/p>\n
Inhaler<\/i> may not be the band\u2019s best overall record, but there is plenty to recommend to the average music listener to get them enthralled and interested.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":33554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[9930],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-45375","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-tad","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45375","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\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=45375"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=45375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}