There
are few bands any more that are just loud and raucous that you don’t really
know what to expect from them or their music other than to turn it up loud and
hope not to blow a speaker. The first
time I saw Liars they had that unpredictable quality to them, but they have
since fallen out of my favor and become much tamer. I also felt that way about Recover and wish
they still were around because an otherwise boring music scene could use a
healthy dose of them.
To
say this CD by The Smile Case is loud would be an understatement. It’s Coyote Shivers meets the Hold Steady
and while I’m not exactly the biggest fan of either of those two musicians
individually they somehow have their better qualities extracted to form this
all around kick ass band.
Vocally
at times this can sound like Tom Waits, which is never a bad thing by any
means, but it’s just that good old fashioned wake up your neighbors rock n roll
that was meant for a younger generation because the older crowd wouldn’t get it
and would only want to turn it down.
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