Thieving Coyote ~ Thieving Coyote EP (2014)
If you happen to remember the show I mentioned in my review for Tripping the Mechanism, the band that followed them were another killer South Carolina act. They got in touch with me and asked if I'd consider giving them a review, already knowing first hand that they put on a damn good live show, I couldn't turn it down. Thieving Coyote play a liquored down style of Southern Hard Rock and Stoner Metal. If you drowned Orange Goblin in Jack Daniels and propped the corpse up at one of those country bonfire parties, where they blast Lynyrd Skynyrd out of a truck's stereo system all night, the next morning you'd have Thieving Coyote pulling themselves off the ground in a hazy stupor. The lead off track "White Lightning" opens up with a Southern Rock riff, but it's not long before it turns into a swinging, gritty Southern Metal song. In between howling guitar riffs, breakneck drum fills, and a masterful use of the often overlooked cowbell (insert funny Christopher Walken/SNL/Blue Oyster Cult reference here), you have the vocalist snarling out the story of a guy and his old lady that knock off a moonshine dealer and then a sheriff, and proceed to shoot it out with the FBI. The singer uses a style similar to Dallas Taylor from Maylene and the Sons of Disaster fame on this one, and he fucking nails it to the wall. I'm always a sucker for a song with a good story in it anyway, and this one delivers. But bringing together the combination of excellent musicians, great songwriting, and even better delivery, that's a winning formula every time. With almost no reprieve from the auditory onslaught you're thrust into the second track "Space Van", and I'm sure you can already see where this is going. Opening with grooving guitar riffs that take on a real 70's vibe at time, and more cowbell, but it's not long before those dirt road vocals start up, this time talking to us about the great pastime of getting stoned while using images of slaying five head hookah monsters and the like, it's a long lost Stoner Metal anthem. The track ends strong, using a screaming solo to end on. And there's still three more tracks of skull smashing Stoner Metal to get through before you're finished. You can get in on all the sleazy, booze and dope fueled goodness at their bandcamp for just five bucks. I can think of a hundred worse things for you to spend that on than this slab of heaviness, so show 'em so love if you dig what they have going on.
~Skip
For Fans Of; XII Boar, Orange Goblin, Weedeater, Corrosion of Conformity, Mammoth Mammoth
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