Band of Skulls release their second album, Sweet Sour to huge expectation from their fans. The title track has a Queens of the Stone Age groove to it, setting the tone for what’s to follow.
There are plenty of delights here, from the slamming guitars of Bruises, through the Lir-style sweet duets of Lay My Head Down, Hometown and Close to Nowhere, to the almost Zeppelin-rock of Lies.
The Devil Takes Care of His Own is a highlight, a glam rock stomper almost like the Stone Temple Pilots. Navigate has a female vocalist, singing over acoustic picking while the track builds over a great melody… and then doesn’t do the obvious thing and rock out, extra marks for this.
One drawback of this band covering a lot of styles is that the album lacks an identity, as few of the tracks are particularly memorable.
Killian Laher
Tracklist:
1. Sweet Sour
2. Bruises
3. Wanderluster
4. Devil Takes Care Of His Own
5. Lay My Head Down
6. You Aren’t Pretty But You Got It Going On
7. Navigate
8. Hometowns
9. Lies
10. Close To Nowhere
Sweet Sour’s Irish release date is set for 21 February 2012.
