The mood in “There’s a Presence Here…” is varied as their late 1960s and early 1970s peers when bands allowed themselves to experiment some more. There are heavy rock songs as opening track “Getaway” and rhythm and blues piano driven tracks as “Blood” with the girlish chorus. The album is a real travel to the past without any trace of modernity as some bands like to add – their choice, of course. Second Line Parade’s made their own which is to sound the most real as possible. Following track “Sick’n’Stoned” has the same mood and Led Zepellin’s “Dazed and Confused” but with the great Janis Joplin on vocals. I don’t have to say that the outcome is outstanding and out of this world – only to stick to ‘out’. The chordly guitars and the sweet and bluesy keyboards give the special touch to it. It’s great to notice and Folk Metal bands could learn from them how to subtle and delicate use the fiddle as in “Midnight’s Cry” whose effect sounds just great. Some magic can’t be easyly forgotten. This kind of music can’t simply disappear. Blues Rock has still a lot to burn.
You my metalhead friend may ask why we from Metal Addicts – a real Metal page – review bands like Second Line Parade and their so far from Heavy Metal music. It’s simple as I always say. This kind of music though so far from Metal is Metal’s grandparents. Metal is the evolution of this kind of music. Simple as that. Moreover, it’s a kind of music that metalheads from the 1980s, as I am, used to listen. Of course, not all of us. Even then there were metalheads that started with Metal and used to listen only to Metal. Don’t have to say that most of them are listening to Rihanna nowadays. Or worse.
By the way, very mistique and proper cover.
Second Line Parade “There’s a Presence Here…” was independently released on October 5th.
Track Listing:
- Getaway
- Steel Rail
- Blood
- Sick N’ Stoned
- Judgement Day
- The Wicked
- Midnight’s Cry
- Love Me Like That
- Believer
- Move Along
- The Wicked (A Capella)
Watch “Getaway” official lyric video here:
