Of course, what did you expect? The first album and group I attempt discussing since my Kinks episode (which is not over, might I add) happens to be Davies family related.
Someone mentionned Year Long Disaster on a kinky forum. I myspaced them out of curiosity, and was certainly not expecting to love them immediately.
These guys are actually really, really good. Maybe there's just something about a trio, but this one happens to have a pretty great combination of intense, screaming vocals, great guitar riffs as well as a powerful (to say the least) rhythm section. And man, does it work. Soundwise, I'm talking Cream and Jimi Hendrix Experience quality trio.
What you need to know about Year Long Disaster is that they are Daniel Davies on guitar, Richards Mullins on bass and Brad Hargreaves on drums. Daniel and Richards first hooked up, then added Brad to their lineup (apparently because of a kinky coincidence: Brad had been rehearsing with Third Eye Blind to portray the Kinks on TV). The band was formed, they started touring, they got signed onto Volcom Entertainment, and released their self-titled debut in October 2007. And they have received plenty of approval since. Including being called one of 2008 best new bands by Rolling Stones Magazines, who says their formula is "Deep Purple X Pantera + Hipster-to-English Dictionary = Year Long Disaster" which I find actually pretty witty.
These guys are one of the many bands (like The Answer, for example) taking in the spirit of 70s rock into their music, and they might just be doing it much better than a lot of their contemporaries. Their sound has been compared to Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, sure, but I'd like to add at least The Stooges to that list of flattering comparisons, with the lovely "Destination" which reminds me of a couple of things off Raw Power. For my tastes anyway, this album has no weak track. It's loud, it's fast, and most importantly, it freaking rocks!
Oh, and hello? Swan On Black Lake? A beautiful piece of progressive sensitive work, complete with strings and acoustic guitar that is hinting that YLD despite all the rock has a softer, or more melancholic side, should I say (I could use "more serious" to describe the sound of that last track, but I won't, it would imply that I think rock can not be serious, and that's not true), that is just as pleasant for the ear as their edgier sounding songs. And as a minor proghead myself, I think it's safe to say we can expect even more brilliant material from this band, and can't help but wonder if we'll see them heading toward a proggier sound. It's almost been two years since their first release, so let's wait and see.
Someone mentionned Year Long Disaster on a kinky forum. I myspaced them out of curiosity, and was certainly not expecting to love them immediately.
These guys are actually really, really good. Maybe there's just something about a trio, but this one happens to have a pretty great combination of intense, screaming vocals, great guitar riffs as well as a powerful (to say the least) rhythm section. And man, does it work. Soundwise, I'm talking Cream and Jimi Hendrix Experience quality trio.
What you need to know about Year Long Disaster is that they are Daniel Davies on guitar, Richards Mullins on bass and Brad Hargreaves on drums. Daniel and Richards first hooked up, then added Brad to their lineup (apparently because of a kinky coincidence: Brad had been rehearsing with Third Eye Blind to portray the Kinks on TV). The band was formed, they started touring, they got signed onto Volcom Entertainment, and released their self-titled debut in October 2007. And they have received plenty of approval since. Including being called one of 2008 best new bands by Rolling Stones Magazines, who says their formula is "Deep Purple X Pantera + Hipster-to-English Dictionary = Year Long Disaster" which I find actually pretty witty.
These guys are one of the many bands (like The Answer, for example) taking in the spirit of 70s rock into their music, and they might just be doing it much better than a lot of their contemporaries. Their sound has been compared to Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, sure, but I'd like to add at least The Stooges to that list of flattering comparisons, with the lovely "Destination" which reminds me of a couple of things off Raw Power. For my tastes anyway, this album has no weak track. It's loud, it's fast, and most importantly, it freaking rocks!
Oh, and hello? Swan On Black Lake? A beautiful piece of progressive sensitive work, complete with strings and acoustic guitar that is hinting that YLD despite all the rock has a softer, or more melancholic side, should I say (I could use "more serious" to describe the sound of that last track, but I won't, it would imply that I think rock can not be serious, and that's not true), that is just as pleasant for the ear as their edgier sounding songs. And as a minor proghead myself, I think it's safe to say we can expect even more brilliant material from this band, and can't help but wonder if we'll see them heading toward a proggier sound. It's almost been two years since their first release, so let's wait and see.
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