Black Elephant - Cosmic Blues (2018)
Back with their third album since
debuting with 2012's Spaghetti Cowboy,
the Italian quartet of Black Elephant have spent the four years since
their last LP honing their heavy stoner rock hooks, and it certainly
shows in the seven tracks of Cosmic Blues.
Hot guitar grooves, echoing slides, mellowed-out bass that swings in
for kicks, and drums that firmly lay down the beat are all at play,
showing the fusion of blues, rock, and consumption-tuned psychedelic
flavors in fine form. Once the band launches into a riff, it leads
to a slew of others, slipping and sliding out to a finish until the
momentum carries them right into another riff train. It's heavy but
fast-moving, a little bit funky in the right places, and the guitar
tones have such a nice seasoning to their twang, it's nice that the
band lets them hold sway over a good stretch of instrumental
passages. Grab this one if you've been hungering for some solid
stoner rock with an emphasis on big riffs and tuneful cruising.
~
Gabriel
For
Fans Of; Daily Thompson, Farflung, Fatso Jetson, Mos Generator, Stone
Machine Electric
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