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In
case you read the Dead Child review that preceded this one, I
must say I much more prefer the retro work of a band like
Sweden’s Siena Root than the hipper stoner/doom/almost-power-metal
leanings of Dead Child. In this day and age, it is truly a lot
more original. Unlike Dead Child’s Attack which based its
sound in the late 70’s thru mid 80’s, Far From the Sun
reminisces of late 60’s and 70’s hard rock. It has a much
more classic feel and is also grander whichever way you hear it.
We could not link Siena Root to Black Sabbath but we could
poignantly
place them right next to the stadium sounds of Deep Purple, Leaf
Hound, Captain Beyond and other like minded big haired and once mustachoed rockers.
The songs
themselves are massive; longer with a free for all anything
goes jam spirit. Plus, the presence of organ is heavy, at least
as prevalent as the guitars bringing the music closer to a soulful
blues than to a mournful tune. This is rock and roll for rock
and roll lovers. The free kind of lovers willing to give it up
one second and give you crabs the next. Like flower power
without the acoustic strumming, the corniness and naivete of the
hippy philosophy Far From the Sun rocks it plenty.
And
why not? Siena Root has the goods (and the instruments; there is
sitar, harmonica, etc, all enough to fill a juke joint with good
mood and plenty of dancing) and such a veritable sound. Vocalist Sartez is the absolute man, in parts he reminds of Paul Rodgers,
but that’s not to say he doesn’t stand out. Far From the Sun
is all so right on. And I mean play one of these cuts in classic
rock radio FM and nobody, and I mean nobody, would be able to
tell that this is a current band from Stockholm.
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