Pine Ridge - Under The Raging Sun (Album Review)

Release Date: February 28th 2025. Record Label: Self Released. Formats: DD

Under The Raging Sun - Tracklisting

1.Kilo 02:06

2.Motion Space 03:55

3.Chains of Bond 04:20

4.Bittersweet Emotion 04:39

5.No Gravity 03:49

6.Under The Raging Sun 04:54

7.Winding Way 03:07

8.Fade to Return 11:26

Members

Vasiliy Pishchukhin - Lead Vox/Guitar Misha Kislovsky - Guitars/Backing Vocals Sergey Vostrikov - Bass Semen Klavda - Drums

Review

Under The Raging Sun is the new album from Psych/Classic/Stoner Rockers Pine Ridge and is their first album in four years. The record sees a dramatic shift to the more Psychedelic sound compared to their last album. This is a record of many different moments, melodies and creative strategies with Pine Ridge focusing their energies within a subtle style of Hard Rock, Doom Rock and Blues Rock sensibilities. With a heavier and flashier alternative style which comes into prominence within the few opening tracks of Kilo, Motion Space and Chains Of Bond. 

Whilst their last album had a heavy reliance of 1970’s Classic Hard Rock attitude, this time round Pine Ridge move themselves right into the world of 1990’s Grunge in places. There’s a swift course of action which Pine Ridge employs here and the sound is quite diverse with the songs being dramatic, riff-fuelled and full of classic angst to soar up the Psychedelic passages which the band excels the most at.

If you dig the early sounds of Foo Fighters and QOTSA then Under The Raging Sun should leave you with a warm feeling with powerful sounds making this quite an engaging and sometimes sublime “retro” sounding record especially on the later tracks of Bittersweet Emotion, Under The Raging Sun, Winding Way and the standout final track of Fade To Return.

Pine Ridge have delivered the goods with Under The Raging Sun and showcases their style of catchy and aggressive style of sometimes Radio-Friendly based Alt/Stoner Rock/Grunge grooves that leave you wanting to hear more.

Excellent and Highly Recommended.

Words by Steve Howe

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Pine Ridge Release New Video For WE COME AROUND

Russian Heavy Blues Rockers Pine Ridge release their first Video for their song We Come Around that you can watch below:

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Pine Ridge - Can't Deny (Album Review)

Release date: December 18th 2020. Label: Self Released. Format: DD

Can’t Deny – Tracklisting

1.So 01:20
2.Can't Deny 04:34
3.Someone In Your Head 04:04
4.We Come Around 04:42
5.Wayfaring Stranger 05:32
6.Genesis 04:41
7.Runaway 03:57
8.Sons Of Nothing 06:09
9.Those Days 04:37

Review

Can’t Deny is new full length album from Russian Psych Blues/Classic Rockers Pine Ridge and it’s an album that focuses solely on the 70s Hard Rock scene. There are some Stoner and Doom based elements within the album but mostly Pine Ridge concentrate mostly on the Blues Rock side of life. The album is quite upbeat and is a more straight-forward album compared the to recent albums I’ve heard from the Russian Hard Rock scene and that’s a good thing. As Pine Ridge don’t experiment or play about with their music and focus solely on delivering a superbly engaging album which is packed full of great songs from start to finish.

The songs are quite varied and draw the listener in with top-notch musicianship that flirts between Heavy Blues Rock and Neo-Psychedelia vibes with passionate loud grooves that are quite catchy at the same time. The vocals are good and have an earthly organic feel to them and match the easy-going warm atmosphere the music generates within each of the 8 songs contained on the album.

Standout songs include: Can’t Deny, Someone In Your Head, Wayfaring Stranger, Sons Of Nothing and These Days. Pine Ridge are perhaps the most confident on these tracks with a 70s Cocky Swagger leading the way. Intimate Psych Rock grooves and a knowing “Seen It All Before” Blues Rock attitude.

My favourite part of the album is when the cool sounding Pianos or Organs bring a doomier atmosphere to the party before the heavy blues/stoner guitars bring a more Hard Rock sensibility to the album. That happens constantly on this album and allows the band to show listeners what top-notch musicians they actually are. 

Can’t Deny is a great album and shows why Pine Ride are a welcome addition to the Blues based Stoner Rock scene. Pine Ridge would like to convert you to their way of Heavy Organic and Addictive Blues/Stoner Rock.

Excellent and Highly Recommended.

Words by Steve Howe

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