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This
Leicester, UK trio sure likes their 70’s rock music. Without
falling into the same pretension of a say super hip afro doning
Wolfmother, Josiah prefer instead to play a quite generic sort
of stadium rock that in many passages reminds me of Deep Purple.
The problem is, there is no Ritchie Blackmore in sight - not
even a Steve Morse in sight - and sure as all the solar planets
in the milky way, there is no Ian Gillan in sight either. They
might also remind of many other old school rock bands, but for
the purpose of this review we’ll stick to Deep Purple. Josiah
can play. No joke can be made about their skills, so why do some
of their riffs sound so rehashed? “Looking at the Mountain” and
the title track “Not Time” are based around the groovy blues
riffs that if garage/doom/stoner/whatever keeps on growing in
popularity will soon be blaring of the speakers of every Target
and Wal Mart in the nation. It sucks, because it ain’t bad but
because it’s impossible for it to pass the test of authenticity,
Or because I know you’ve heard it before.
And how
about “Long Time Burning”, in it this trio bring up the boogey
woogie attitude. Some of it is killer; the second layer of
guitar come the third minute is a nice touch and the solos
throughout the record are way decent, but Josiah’s rock is quite
bland. “The Dark” is a calmed rocker, calmed as in docile, as in
it’s got nothing to offer. Not even at its wildest rock and roll
moment. Which brings me to the vocals; this guy has the pipes,
the power, and was blessed with the same classic tone of an Ian
Gillan, so why isn’t he putting any of his part? His delivery is
flat, he sounds lazy, like he isn’t bothering stretching his
limits, like he doesn’t want to improve as a vocalist. Maybe
that’s Josiah’s biggest handicap; these trio is too complacent
knowing what they are capable of. Realizing that will take way
more work.
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