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one that got me scratching my chin hair in search of a nod of
approval. I didn’t know what to expect so I was surprised. It
couldn’t have been another way. Really. There must be a reason
why Red Fang sounds so good and rock so proper, yet we may have
never heard from them. Red Fang counts members from Bad Wizard,
Facedowninshit, The Last of the Juanitas, Red Grape,
Lachrymator, and a few other Portland dwellers this scribe has
never heard of, in its ranks. Of these, at least two are
certifiable recommendations. Personally, I recall a very
memorable night witnessing Bad Wizard opening for Turbonegro in
New York, but anyway. Red Fang’s proposition is quite blunt and
simple heavy rock with no aspirations for metaldom or any type
of pose. Really, this is the type of band that walks a fine line
between pure guitar driven rock and roll, sincere hard rock and
the metal leanings of Motorhead. Not that they sound like
Motorhead; but the attitude and their overall panache is shared.
There is a
quotient of classic rock here too. Fourth song “Suicide” is
totally that, and a bit more when the song suddenly makes a left
turn and we are left with a stripped track; a riff and nothing
more, the skeleton of a song, the soul of rock and roll, and the
spirit of all the deceased since Carl Perkins. Closing down this
introductory EP is “Human Remain Human Remains”, a slow and
moody cut with a ringing guitar, drowned vocals and the
necessary heavy break. I tell you something, I like this band, I
like these songs, but this is an EP and in the matter of
subjectivity, four sparrows are five sparrows when it comes down
to short releases like this one.
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