We do love Austin Texas's Bottlecap Mountain. This is album Number 7 and as we've covered the previous three, there was no way we were gonna miss out. The band are one that evolves constantly and were as O! Fantastic Melody revealed their rockiness in parts, this new one again takes a different route.
The theme here is love, respect and kindness and that offers up a more laidback vibe. The songs concentrate on lower key arrangements. There is more simplicity, building compositions on a melodic strength that allows them to breathe.
There is a Poppier feel, songs are built more on vibe and the strength is the sheer catchiness of the whole thing. Electric Love Spree may be the band's Summer Of Love album, but they do sound an act that is entirely comfortable in their own song.
The songs may be less complicated in sound, but they are just as engaging as what has gone before. In fact without the blasts, the album achieves much more than less, it underlines what a great band this is. Even the great Classic Rock of I Need Love could have let go, instead it washes itself in splendid Hammond Organ.
Peace Of Cake is a wonderful heartfelt storytelling song about family that may be Stewart German's finest songwriting moment, at over 7 minutes long, it feels more like 4. I've Got Loving For You is exactly the opposite, a chorus singalong that is a real altogether now 70s Pop song.
Tsarina Tsarina is all 80s Groove Smooth Pop and Freedom! 24 is more a campfire Bo Diddley Beat affair driven by more great Organ. There is even time for another 7 minute song in Really Gone which masters a Southern Rock direction. You just know that the next album will be very different and that is the beauty of this splendid band.
You can listen to and buy the album here. It is available on CD or as a download.
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