It’s
here, minions, and it’s good!
Following
their 2009 release, Anno Domini High Definition, polish masters from Riverside
return with a long awaited LP aptly shorted out as SONGS. Now, I tell you,
these guys have a knack at finding abbreviations for their albums that sound
even cooler than the actual names. I mean OOM, SLS, REM (hey there!), ADHD and
now SONGS! Can you get more trv than that?!
While ADHD received mixed reviews based on the
fact that it didn’t sound anything like their previous efforts (What?!? And you
call yourselves prog lovers? Let me remind you what progressive music should
sound like: remember this? Yes? Now go
buy me a six-pack, infidels!), SONGS lays back on the metal side and opts for a
more groove oriented sound, gracefully taking on hard-rock, blues and jazz
influences in a mix of eight tracks that are bound to get anyone’s attention
regardless of their music taste.
Personally,
I enjoy everything Riverside has put out so far and while SONGS is not as
powerful as any of their previous releases, somewhat lacking in those wow
moments you expect from them, it’s still one of the better albums around. You can definitely tell they had a blast
recording this.
Check it
out for yourselves.
P.S: One
of the comments to this video states “Sounds like the guys had been listening
to a lot of Clutch during the recording sessions”.
You know
what? He’s right! Maybe more bands should do the same.
P.S.2:
They’ll be hitting Bucharest on the 26’th of May and be sure I’ll be there to
support them since one live show from two years ago is nowhere near enough to
satisfy my Riverside musical wants. Expect a show review, I tell you!
No comments:
Post a Comment