Release
date: May
11th
2018.
Label: Listenable
Records.
Format: CD/DD/Vinyl
Shadowlands
–
Tracklisting
1.Shadowlands
04:34
2.The
Destroyer
3.Drowning
In Your Loving Cup
4.Stolen
Ages
5.Gamma
/ Hydra
6.The
Blasting Concept
7.Woman
Song
8.The
Wild & Gentle Dogs
Members
TONY
REED / guitar, vocals, keyboards, assorted instruments
SEAN
BOOTH / Bass
JON
GARRETT / Drums
Review
Greetings
all,
Shadowlands
is the 7th full length from Mos Generator, who are one of Washington
State’s best kept secrets. Those unfamiliar with the band have
missed out on countless killer splits, records, and comp appearances.
On Shadowlands the band delivers on their trademark groove heavy
rock.
These
guys know their way around a riff and a killer hook and have
delivered eight masterfully crafted tracks of pure rock fury. The
record is excellently recorded, not too clean and not too raw.
Musically, the band is tight and rocking and they do a superb job of
wrapping dark subject matter inside warm, fuzzy hooks.
The
title track, Shadowlands, opens the record with a huge grunge rock
punch and an amazing earworm chorus. The Destroyer follows with a
feedback and drum filled opening to deliver a killer driving song.
The band shows a little love with the Thin Lizzy inspired Drowning in
Your Love Cup, which is a nostalgia filled rocker.
A
long astral inspired instrumental opens the track Stolen Ages before
kicking in with another rip snorting rocker with a killer chorus.
Gamma Hydra is quite possibly the catchiest plea for science and
reason you will ever hear. This is an amazingly catchy track that you
will be humming for weeks, guaranteed. The uptempo rock of The
Blasting Concept continues the aural assault. The band spends another
couple of minutes at the Thin Lizzy altar with the 70’s rock
inspired Woman Song. The record closes with the acoustic opening of
the epic sounding, The Wild and Gentle Dogs. The songs opening
acoustic lament devolve into an ominous and methodical instrumental
close.
The
almost effortless brilliance that is displayed by Mos Generator on
Shadowlands is nothing short of awe inspiring. Mos Generator may just
be the Foo Fighters it’s OK to like, If you dig Fu Manchu, Black
Rainbows, Orange Goblin or the like and you aren’t familiar with
this band, you need to be, and you need to do it right away.
Shadowlands is a rewarding listen and these guys deserve all the
accolades they should receive for this killer album.
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Words by Todd Stealey
You can buy Shadowlands on CD/DD/Vinyl from Listenable Records now.
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