The Austin, Texas outfit Starving Wolves treat us to 11 charged and diverse tunes here, where the front man, David Rodriguez, brings his Mexican-American heritage to both English and Spanish singing across this emotive and powerful sophomore album.<\/p>\n
The calm, horn-filled climate of \u201cNothing More\u201d opens the listen, where Reeve Allen\u2019s thumping drums enter, as does Kevin Nguyen\u2019s razor sharp guitar, all of which suit Rodriguez\u2019s throaty pipes via the hardcore punk energy.<\/p>\n
\u201cBurn The Stations\u201d follows and makes an impression in under a minute via the throbbing rhythm section and biting singing, and \u201cMixed Blood\u201d continues the intensity thanks to Zach Volta\u2019s dense bass lines and the well-timed gang vocals.<\/p>\n
The middle of the album belongs to \u201cTracks On The Tank\u201d and \u201cRight Eye.\u201d The former rumbles with \u201980s ideas and a searing guitar solo, while the latter illuminates Rodriguez\u2019s sturdy rasp amid the melodic textures that are suited for the both the pit and the dance floor. \u201cAlec\u2019s Song,\u201d the longest track at nearly five minutes and one of the best, then pays close attention to mood by way of the thundering backdrop that\u2019s nearly dreamy before building into tense and swift, raging territory.<\/p>\n
Close to the end, a love song of sorts, \u201cLove Is Fleeting,\u201d recruits swirling guitars to the gruff punk, and \u201cWildfire\u201d exits with no lack of harmony invading the sing-alongs and infectious songwriting. <\/p>\n
A fantastic listen for punk fans that can bring to mind legends like Rancid, Black Flag, or The Clash, Starving Wolves began as the street punk band Krum Bums. Now with the previously mentioned members plus Josh Langford on guitar, they parallel the greatness of Latin punks like Flores Y Fuego and Los Crudos, which is about as high a compliment as exists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":35066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[10991],"rating":[5646],"class_list":["post-46943","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-starving-wolves","rating-rating-a"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/46943","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=46943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/46943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=46943"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=46943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}