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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I got this on the day of release but thought I'd wait a week to get thoroughly into it before reviewing it. Judged on it's own, this album is excellent, I really do like it. Judged against the band's first album and their recent EP it falls a little short. Like another reviewer says, it's too short. I see so much opportunity for some of the songs to be fleshed out a little bit which I feel woud've taken them to the next level. I feel like I'm just getting into a song and ready for an extended guitar solo, and then it ends. I also can't help wondering why they released the EP six months previous to this. If they had held back some of those songs for this album it would've been epic. I'm especially thinking of the song called "Soul" here. Still, at the end of the day I'm just nitpicking. I love the title track, "Young Love", and "Face Of Light" in particular.
If there's any justice this band has a great future ahead of them. There are the inevitable comparisons to Zeppelin thrown about which, from what I've read, annoys the band a little bit but on this album I don't really feel it. If anything, I hear a bit of "Mr Mojo risin" in this one which is no bad thing. All in all, Rival Sons have a great sound, a fantastic singer, and a fine album on their hands. I just hope the next one is little longer.
If there's any justice this band has a great future ahead of them. There are the inevitable comparisons to Zeppelin thrown about which, from what I've read, annoys the band a little bit but on this album I don't really feel it. If anything, I hear a bit of "Mr Mojo risin" in this one which is no bad thing. All in all, Rival Sons have a great sound, a fantastic singer, and a fine album on their hands. I just hope the next one is little longer.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
A huge Zeppelin-sized shape may cast its considerable shadow over Southern Californian outfit Rival Sons, but much like The Virginmarys this quartet's brand of dynamic Hard-Rock is more of a celebration of rock `n' roll's glory days than a mere copy -- it's `rhythm and blues played with danger` as one band member so aptly puts it. 'Pressure and Time' is their new 12-track album which is set to issued by Earache Records on June 20th. It's a bluesy, groove-laden LP full of dynamic riffs, muscular percussion and rock swagger.
Frontman and Jim Morrison lookalike Jay Buchanan possesses a confident grit-infused classic rock pitch and the band play with real desire, as if their lives depends on it. There's nothing better when a band can effortlessly hit their stride like this, distilling all that we love in a rock `n' roll group, Pink Floyd collaborator Storm Thorgersen provides the artwork for the LP, while the band are booked for both the Sonisphere and High Voltage festivals which I'll be attending and very much looking forward to on the basis of this excellent record.
Frontman and Jim Morrison lookalike Jay Buchanan possesses a confident grit-infused classic rock pitch and the band play with real desire, as if their lives depends on it. There's nothing better when a band can effortlessly hit their stride like this, distilling all that we love in a rock `n' roll group, Pink Floyd collaborator Storm Thorgersen provides the artwork for the LP, while the band are booked for both the Sonisphere and High Voltage festivals which I'll be attending and very much looking forward to on the basis of this excellent record.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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I first came across this band with a free 6 track EP with Classic Rock and this album is an excellent continuation and development of that. If you like Led Zeppelin, Free , Bad Company then you should go for this - but its not a re-tread of their music. There is an energy and riffing that is impressive, and its not a million notes a minute like you can get - but its full on rock music, something that I thought was a thing of the past
The album gets off to a cracking start with All Over the Road - the first three are full on , then Only One slows things down. I really liked the 'Burn Down Los Angles' track (I think someome had a bad time there ..) and then it full on until tyhe gem at the end of the album, Face of Light. This is a lot lighter song about a boxer (neat trick to do that ..) and not what I expected at all.
So these guys are not the expected riffing all the way and I think such a great new find - and then I find they are playing my home town 6 days before my birthday - how good is that !
Crank it up - you'll love it
The album gets off to a cracking start with All Over the Road - the first three are full on , then Only One slows things down. I really liked the 'Burn Down Los Angles' track (I think someome had a bad time there ..) and then it full on until tyhe gem at the end of the album, Face of Light. This is a lot lighter song about a boxer (neat trick to do that ..) and not what I expected at all.
So these guys are not the expected riffing all the way and I think such a great new find - and then I find they are playing my home town 6 days before my birthday - how good is that !
Crank it up - you'll love it
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Fantastic Album
Loved every track at first listening. I bought the album on the off chance after hearing Nicky Horne say they are a band to look out for in 2012. Read more
Published 3 months ago by R. Connolly
Classic Rock
Okay, so this might not be the most original album you will have heard, but since when has that been a crime? Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mr. R. Powell
Awesome! Rock n Soul
This band have produced 2 full albums and EP. And yes as other reviewers have said, this album ain't as strong. BUT! it is a rock and soul album but on EARACHE! Read more
Published 5 months ago by The Ancient Thrasher
Disapointment
Disapointing.
Nowhere near as good as the EP. A little thin on ideas in my view. Good voacl performance but where are the killer melodies?
Nowhere near as good as the EP. A little thin on ideas in my view. Good voacl performance but where are the killer melodies?
Published 5 months ago by IanJ
Quality but definitely not quantity.
Listening to the reviews and the occasional track on Planet Rock I did feel compelled to get this album and what you get is good solid four star hard/bluesy rock; however that is... Read more
Published 7 months ago by C. B. Young
Soulful Rock'n'Roll Swagger
I bought this album a month ago after hearing Torture on Planet Rock from the EP and it hasn't been off my ipod since. What a voice! Read more
Published 7 months ago by Hellfire
Classic rock
If you like Led Zeppelin, DeepPurple or contemporary Black Crowes you'll enjoy this group.
Great voice and riffs, classic rock but with fresh and alive sound
Great voice and riffs, classic rock but with fresh and alive sound
Published 8 months ago by Andrea Mazzoleni
What if.........?
What if Jim Morrison hadn't been so far up his own arse that the Doors were able to produce a quality album where every track was excellent, and not just the occassional moment of... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Mr. G. J. Andrews
Pressure what pressure
This is truly one of the best debut albums I have ever heard
Came across this band at this years High Voltage Festival saw a part set was impressed amazingly tight band... Read more
Came across this band at this years High Voltage Festival saw a part set was impressed amazingly tight band... Read more
Published 8 months ago by scarab6
Ho-Hum.................!
Every now and then, you take a flyer, simply because the reviews made on an album by a band you've not heard of seem to be pointing to music that you may well enjoy. Read more
Published 9 months ago by J. M. Green
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