A Power Trio in every sense of the word, this is New York's The Golden Grass and they master 70s Rock with ease. They can venture into Psych and Classic Rock without ever losing sight of what they are about. They stay in a kind of groove without ever being dull.
At times, there is a touch of Thin Lizzy in the Guitar solos which always follow on seamlessly from the main riffs. At other times they edge on the AOR of say Boston or Kansas and when the feel becomes Hard Rock, it is never "Ooh baby yeah".
Not Without It's Charm is a little Southern Rock, yet Springtime On Stanwoods is more Paul Rodgers than anything vocally and has that real Lizzy feel Guitar wise, Island On Your Head even borders on Metal instrumentally.
The Answers Never Know even opens up with a Glam Rock intro. Yet A Particular Situation is more of Blues Boogie Rock with a killer wig out. It as while since I've been enthralled by something like this. I thought the sound had long gone. But the riffs, solos and groove are addictive and knitted together by a softer vocal than you might expect. A cracking listen!
You can listen to and buy the album here,
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