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Release Date: June 27th 2025. Record Label: Argonauta Records. Formats: DD/Vinyl
Lorquin’s Admiral - Tracklisting
My Blue Wife
Inexplicable Things
Could Have Been Forever
Black Water
My Blue Husband
Aren't We
Burn and Heal
These Lovely Things
To Temptation
Members
Marlon King
Nick Hannon
Dandy Brown
Dawn Brown
Steve Earle
Review
Lorquin’s Admiral is a Psych/Desert/Stoner Rock “Supergroup” of sorts featuring members of Afghan Whigs, the Fizz Fuzz, Hermano, Luna Sol, Orquesta del Desierto, Sons of Alpha Centauri and Yawning Sons. Some real heavy hitters and just look at the members of the band with guest contributions from David Angstrom and Country Mark Engel on their exquisite and riff-fuelled debut album.
Lorquin’s Admiral debut album is full of hooks, grooves, riffs and extended instrumental Stoner Rock passages that defines the current scene with focus on songwriting, storytelling, vocal harmonies and superb melodies that drift into areas of Post-Rock, Grunge and Shoegaze which gives the band an ethereal sound you don’t initially expect. There’s an easy going attitude forming from the songs which has a cerebral 1990’s quality when the band dive right into the classic Stoner Rock and Alt Rock scene.
The band aren’t afraid to merge into the more “METAL” side of life especially on the early tracks of Inexplicable Things and Could Have Been Forever. Though things start rather differently with the anthemic opening track My Blue Wife with Lorquin’s Admiral showcasing a Post-Rock based Desert Rock swagger which soon transforms into a classic style of Stoner melody the members have made themselves known with their respective bands.
With a free-flowing Heavy Rock sound developing from the very onset you can hear influences from the likes of Tom Petty, Alice In Chains, The Who and Led Zepp which gives this record a more grounded flow with genuine warm-hearted lyrics that pull you into Lorquin’s Admiral’s deliciously heavy world. Frenzied FUZZY guitars overlap with sludgy environments with the Blues Rock influence coming more and more into play on tracks such as Black Water, My Blue Husband and Aren’t We with the band fully committed and selling the excessive HARD ROCK instrumental solos along the way.
The later stages of the album taps into the 1990’s Nostalgic scene perfectly with fully formed songs that leave you wanting to hear more of their highly energetic sounds that would be considered “STONE COLD CLASSICS” if they were released back in the day especially with the songs Burn And Heal and These Lovely Things.
With brilliantly observed production values, Lorquin’s Admiral debut album is an absolute must have and is perhaps the perfect soundtrack to the summer season. This is an album that can easily be described as “ALL KILLER and NO FILLER” where all tracks are considered definite HOME RUNS throughout.
Add this album to your collection now and you’ll be in STONER ROCK HEAVEN….
Words by Steve Howe
Thanks to Grand Sounds Promotion for the promo.
Lorquin’s Admiral is available to buy now on DD/Vinyl via Argonauta Records
