Release
date: June 20th 2017. Label: Mad Oak Records. Format:
CD/DD/Vinyl
Maneuvers
– Tracklisting
1.Rational Woman
04:04
2.More Than You'll
Ever Be 03:44
3.Destroyer 03:42
4.Bringing Me Down
04:02
5.Just Couldn't
Stand The Weather 06:27
6.Drown All The
Evidence 06:26
7.Anyway 04:13
8.Lude 00:17
9.Window Pain 05:22
Band
Members
Keith Gibbs -
Guitar, Vox, Spaghetti Sauce;
Craig Riggs - Drums,
Harmonies, Coffee Beans;
Jason Casanova -
Bass, Paperwork
Review
Ladies and gentlemen, from Los
Angeles, California.....
The SASQUATCH!
After 4 years from their last killer
album IV, released by Small Stone Records, this fucking heavy trio
come back with a new stunning album that, certainly, does not
disappoint the expectations of previous releases. Maneuvers (Mad Oak
Records) confirms the attitude of the trio with tons of heavy fuzzy
riffs seasoned by a monolithic rhythm section.
As in their style, the band took
care of the composition of the songs in the smallest detail. The
opener Rational Woman soon reveals is groovy beast character, where
the bass enters overpowering on tons of riffs that almost cover the
voice (simply amazing) of Keith Gibbs. Songs like More Than You’ll
Ever Be and Destroyer are perfect moments where blues meets
psychedelia, which is a constant throughout all the album, where the
trio from Los Angeles carefully handle all the influences that have
distinguished their previous work in a wise and never trivial way.
Tracks like Anyway, the short Lude
and Window Pain, with their slow rhythm and the wise use of Hammond,
make these songs a wonderful pieces of the seventies, highlighting
once again and more than other songs the amazing voice of Keith,
which remembers impressively our lovely Chris Cornell.
Compared to previous releases,
Maneuvers is, in some way, the less stoner album of the band. The
sounds get dryer, sometimes hard, but always seasoned with tons of
fuzz and a pachydermic rhythmic section, with the bass to be a
carrier. What impresses in this band is that, after thirteen years of
honoured career, they remain constantly on the crest of the wave with
productions always of very high quality.
In Maneuvers emerges a scratching
soul that rocks its roots in the blues and hard rock, in an opera
where, while softening the most striking characters of the previous
productions, one and only thing emerges: the Sasquatch never miss a
shot.
I strongly recommend the listener to
recover not only this, but also all the previous productions of the
band, to understand the true meaning of a band able to evolve while
remaining loyal to itself.
Words by Bruno
Bellisario
Thanks
to Mona at Platinum PR for the promo. Maneuvers is available to buy
now on CD/DD/VInyl.
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