Artist: Wolfmother
Album: New Crown
Source: http://wolfmother.bandcamp.com/album/new-crown
Pre-listening Notes: I liked the first Wolfmother record. Not a lot, but enough to give this third album a shot I, honestly, didn't know they put a second album out, so I don't know if that one is any good. The first one, though, had some cool stuff on it. It had it's hard rock base to it, with some occasional stoner rockish riffs and even a little psychedelic parts here and there.
Initial Reaction: Well this sounds exactly like I expected. It's got the upbeat thing working for it. It's not heavy enough to be considered metal, but that's fine. I suppose not everything has to be heavy. There is some slower, heavier sounding parts, but it is not just heavy for heavy's sake. Now having said all that, something seems out of place with this.
Random Thoughts: As the second song kicks in, I have that strange feeling that this is just going to be a rehash of bands I already listen to. It does appear that sometimes this is going to slow down for a song that doesn't bring enough sludge to it to make this song interesting. And as each song goes on, I realize why I didn't pursue this band any further. They don't have enough variety to them. I lost interest around middle of the album and became more attentive to what I was doing than what I was listening to.
Final Reaction: If you like a modern take on classic rock and don't mind a lack of variety or uniqueness, this might be for you. If you would rather just listen to Zeppelin, do that. This really lacked any real oomph to it, it started off and I was thinking there was a chance I might like it, but really I'll just go back and listen to the 4 or 5 songs off the first album that I really dug and never listen to this again.
Final Grade: 3.5/10
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