Release
date: April 19th
2019. Label: Ripple
Music.
Format: CD/DD/Vinyl
Bury
The Hatchet
– Tracklisting
1.Ain't
Tryin' to Go Down Slow 03:16
2.(Let
Me) Take You Home 04:44
3.Backwoods
Bear 03:29
4.You
Got to Run 04:55
5.Son
of The Morning 05:31
6.Hombre
03:44
7.Love
You Right 05:15
8.When
the Sun Breaks 05:30
9.Shallow
Grave 04:24
Members
Brett,
Dylan, and David
Review
Shotgun
Sawyer return with their blissfully heavy new album – Bury The
Hatchet. The album is a mix of Hard Rock, Stoner Rock, Blues and
Psych Rock with a pissed off attitude to match. What makes Shotgun
Sawyer stand out is their undeniable thirst to have FUN with their
music. However you know from this listening to his album, the guys
know how to handle themselves as their music has quite a volatile
attitude in places especially on the first few songs with Ain’t
Tryin’ To Go Down Slow, (Let Me) Take You Home and Backwoods Bear.
The
album has elements of “Americana” style rock within it’s DNA
and Shotgun Sawyer don’t shy away from that fact. The music is very
raw but at least it’s honest and the guys know how to write and
play a mean loud riff. The band do sound like early era All Them
Witches in parts of the album and it’s a style of Blues Rock I’m
a big fan of.
The
production is excellent and the songs contained on the album sound
superb. The vocals and music are pitch-perfect with the band proving
they’re quite adapt at switching musical genres on certain songs on
the album such
as: You Got To Run, Son Of The Morning, Love You Right and When The
Sun Breaks.
Maybe
the album does run out of steam towards the end. However that hasn’t
stopped Shotgun Sawyer paying homage to their musical heroes of the
legendary 70s Hard Rock scene and putting their own spin on the
standard Stoner/Hard Rock sound.
If
you’re a fan of ZZ-Top and Led Zeppelin then Shotgun Sawyer have
all bases covered with this album and they still have a few tricks of
their own to impress people with. This is not only another excellent
release from Shotgun Sawyer but also from Ripple Music who are
proving why they are one of the best independent Hard Rock labels
within the scene today.
Overall,
Bury The Hatchet is superbly entertaining album and one that packs an
almighty punch.
Excellent
and Highly Recommended.
Words
by Steve Howe
Thanks
to Richard at Sheltered Life PR and Shotgun Sawyer for the promo.
Bury The Hatchet is available to buy on CD/DD/Vinyl now via Ripple Music.
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