Release Date: September 26th 2025. Record Label: Self Released. Formats: DD
Live, Loud and Lucky - Tracklisting
1.Times Gone Bad 05:06
2.These Eyes 04:26
3.Bummer Bridge 05:21
Members
Guitar/Theremin/Vocals: Erik Caplan
Bass: Joshua Adam Solomon
Drums: Michael Stuart
Review
Doom/Stoner Rockers Thunderbird Divine latest Live EP - Live, Loud and Lucky - is a tribute to their keyboardist and friend Jack Falkenbach who sadly passed away. The following below outlines what Thunderbird Divine wanted to capture for this live release.
“THUNDERBIRD DIVINE returns with Live, Loud and Lucky, a collection of three live tracks recorded at Lucky 13 in Brooklyn on June 20, 2025. The recording captures the band during their first extended run of shows after the passing of keyboardist and friend Jack Falkenbach. It marks a transitional period for the band, performing as a trio and confronting both emotional and technical challenges on stage.”
Live, Loud and Lucky isn't the most perfect release but it captures the band on electrifying form playing three great tracks that merges Doom, Sludge, Grunge, Blues and Stoner Rock surroundings. There is a certain sense of sorrow appearing within Times Gone Bad and These Eyes which both appear from the band’s acclaimed 2024 album Little Wars.
The stripped back recording techniques allows Thunderbird Divine to put in a powerful and very direct Sludge/Stoner Metal performance which has a seedy 1970’s Proto-Metal atmosphere emerging before fully expanding into 1990’s Stoner Rock/Metal riff explosions whilst keeping within a classic Blues Rock attitude.
The band continue to explore a hard-rocking mix of Psychedelic excursions into full-on Classic Hard Rock melodies which fully dominate within the later stages of These Eyes and right through to the standout final track of Bummer Bridge (which is from their 2019 album - Magnasonic).
Live, Loud and Lucky is a superb way for Thunderbird Divine to honour their friend’s legacy and I’m hoping the band will be releasing more short, direct and action packed EP’s such as this. As it gets straight down to the business of playing EPIC, HUGE and CLASSIC sounding grooves right from the very start.
Excellent and Highly Recommended.
Words by Steve Howe
Thanks to C Squared Music for the promo.
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