This one
has been long awaited. This Swedish trio, featuring singer/guitarist JJ Marsh
(Spellbound, Glenn Hughes), bassist Robert Hansen (Beardfish) and drummer
Thomas Broman (Great King Rat, Electric Boys etc), just oozes of quality looking at
these guys’ resumes. It was early on clear that this was going to be an earthy,
retro rocking combo, which is just up my alley. Opener Days That Never Came
mixes some cool riffing with melodic swirling parts in the landscape between
the sixties and seventies, but landing on the right side of the fence for me.
Mirror Magic Spirits opens with some hysteric guitar tones and continues into
sounding like a vocal version of the Stockholm combo Plankton, which is really
good in my book. Vintage Strat sounds without too much distortion, but heavy
enough to rock and intense drumming with a busy bass filling the voids and JJ’s
cool vocals. This is good stuff! SuperFi Yourself starts out with a super
gritty evil sounding fuzz guitar and continues into a cool heavy, yet melodic
retro rocker. Love it! In A White Light starts out pretty mellow but gets in
the swing in the verse and lands somewhere in a bluesy Mahogany Rush:ish
landscape. Soulshine brings back the evil and dirty guitars and gets the
Hendrix mojo going in the beginning, but with a heavier stonking verse. A
killer tune, indeed! Love the crushing, dirty guitar and rhythm work in this
one, with JJ’s cool vocals hovering over it all. Amaze My Mind is also close to
Plankton territory with its smooth, swirling melodic, almost folky feel.
Jupiter’s Dream is another gritty rocker with ultra cool ever changing rhythm
parts. It soon became my favourite on the album. Outstanding! Rivers Of
Dissolution is also a cool track, where JJ is most likely using an
ElectroHarmonix B9 or C9 organ Machine for his guitar. Have one myself and it’s
a really cool sounding pedal that turns your guitar into a distorted Hammond
organ. The album finishes with the blues ballad All This Time. All in all a
killer debut for this power trio, a band I’d really like to see live, where I
think the songs will really come alive. Highly recommended!
Janne Stark
Year: 2015
Country:
Sweden
Label:
Pride And Joy
Video: https://youtu.be/OnNTXS2BpRE
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